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By Mind Shadows on Dec 7, 2019
In September 1906 a caged human being was put on display in the Bronx Zoo. A sign on the cage read:The African Pygmy, "Ota Benga."Age, 23 years. Height, 4 feet 11 inches.Weight, 103 pounds. Brought from theKasai River, Congo Free State, South Central...
By Think Progress on Jul 20, 2017
Paul Butler talks about breaking the “chokehold” on African American men.Demonstrators march through downtown Birmingham, Alabama to protest the shootings of two black men by police officers in Minnesota and Louisiana, July 2016. CREDIT: AP Phot...
By Think Progress on Nov 11, 2016 in: politics
Never tweet.Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn. speaks at a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014, held by low-wage contract workers. CREDIT: AP Photo/Molly RileyDonald Trump ran a campaign that embraced xenophobia, racial stereotypes...
By TechCrunch on Jan 1, 2016
Venture fund Urban.us is gearing up to close a $10 million fund to continue investing in startups focused on impacting urban city living across mobility and logistics, environment, utilities and local government. Urban.us expects to close the...
Some years ago, I read Black On Red: My 44 Years Inside The Soviet Union, a book by Robert Robinson, An African-American who lived in Detroit during the Depression. I had to read it again, for it is about as gripping an autobiography as one can find.
By Am I scary For you? Minstrelsy, Metamorphosis and Michael Jackson on Jul 9, 2015 in: Africa, art, fashion
This exhibition of African textiles is running at Exeter Museum. Thanks to Paul Duerden for sending me this image from his recent trip there. The museum says the exhibition is "an exploration of the history, manufacture and social significance o...
Some years ago, I read Black On Red: My 44 Years Inside The Soviet Union, a book by Robert Robinson, An African-American who lived in Detroit during the Depression. I had to read it again, for it is about as gripping an autobiography as one can find.