Ecuador is the world's first country with a public digital cash system, adopted to help... http://www.blackenterprise.com/news/ecuador-is-the-worlds-first-country-with-a-public-digital-cash-system/ Read more...

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Boston hires Atyia Martin as chief resilience officer to help the city cope with stress. Read more Read more...

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Spotlight on Congressman John Conyers Jr  First African American Dean of Congress In January 2015, Congressman John Conyers Jr, officially became the first African American Dean of Congress. The retirement of U.S. Rep. John Dingell means  that John Conyers...

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Tag(s) : #Black Power Movement, #black history, #African Americans, #Congress, #slavery

As African Americans of all ages take to the streets in large numbers once again #blacklivesmatter to protest the police murder of Black men (and subsequent cover-up) in places like Ferguson Missouri and New York City, it is instructive to take a look...

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Tag(s) : #Black Arts Movement, #Black Power Movement, #Black Panther Party

A recent survey by Kasperky Lab, an international software security group and B2B International found... Continue Read more...

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Tag(s) : #Atlanta, #change, #Black Issues, #politics, #Black

Chill out and rock out with these  Black  Rock n Roll musicians. 1. Ma Rainey Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=S8EB78QYrCM. Via YouTube Future Influences: Bessie Smith (who was her pupil), Janis Joplin 2. Bessie Smith Video available at:...

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100 Girls of Code hosts a global series of tech events to inspire young women Continue Read more...

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Tag(s) : #Title, #thought, #view, #way, #issues

  Black Artists during the Civil Rights and Liberation Movements References: Historical Overviews of the Black Arts Movement - English Both inherently and overtly political in content, the Black Arts movhttps://i.ytimg.com/vi/7ziRjhAgTO8/hqdefault.jpgement...

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Tag(s) : #Civil Rights, #African-American artists, #Black Power, #Black Power Movement, #Sonia Sanchez

There is certainly a lot of outrage over the horrible circumstances of the killing of Cecil the Lion by an American dentist, Walter Palmer. Yet, as Americans have grieved and raged against the killing of Cecil, many have not put that same energy and empathy...

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Tag(s) : #New Deal, #shows, #size, #Black, #city