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News, views and events detailing the Black presence in the Americas. This website is designed to keep you up-to-date on Life in the Black Americas.
Jeff Smith, The Great-Grandson Of One Of The First Black Golf Course Architects, Launches A Golf-Tech Startup - AfroTech
Jeff Smith, The Great-Grandson Of One Of The First Black Golf Course Architects, Launches A Golf-Tech Startup - AfroTech
Nov 13, 2025
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November 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Jeff Smith, The Great-Grandson Of One Of The First Black Golf Course Architects, Launches A Golf-Tech Startup - AfroTech
African American Museum, Dallas to Present Sunday Call to Church: The Art of Clementine Hunter Dec. 5, 2025 – March 6, 2026
African American Museum, Dallas to Present Sunday Call to Church: The Art of Clementine Hunter Dec. 5, 2025 – March 6, 2026
Free and open to the public, the exhibition honors self-taught Louisiana artist Clementine Hunter, whose vibrant scenes of life on the Melrose Plantation
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November 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
African American Museum, Dallas to Present Sunday Call to Church: The Art of Clementine Hunter Dec. 5, 2025 – March 6, 2026
Different needs but similar fears arise in communities on both ends of Missouri's redistricting
Different needs but similar fears arise in communities on both ends of Missouri's redistricting
The rush to redraw America's congressional maps has put a historically Black neighborhood in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and a mostly white farming community...
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November 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Different needs but similar fears arise in communities on both ends of Missouri's redistricting
Mound Bayou honors Emmett Till buff.ly/lneVOdr via @The_Delta_News
Mound Bayou honors Emmett Till
MOUND BAYOU - A series of events remembering Emmett Till ends Saturday in Mound Bayou.
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November 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Guyana: Growth Through ‘Oil Money’
Guyana: Growth Through ‘Oil Money’
From an aerial view of Guyana, all you see is "golden waters" threading through vast, forested landscapes. As I landed, the atmosphere shifted. Portraits of bold, historic leaders greeted me—each…
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November 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Guyana: Growth Through ‘Oil Money’
Puerto Rico, donde los tambores de la bomba aún laten
Puerto Rico, donde los tambores de la bomba aún laten
Uno de los géneros musicales más antiguos en Latinoamérica se mantiene vivo en la Isla del encanto.
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November 16, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Puerto Rico, donde los tambores de la bomba aún laten
Onondaga County Legislature Democrats nominate all-female leadership team
Onondaga County Legislature Democrats nominate all-female leadership team
Nicole Watts of District 9 in Syracuse was nominated as chair.
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November 16, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Onondaga County Legislature Democrats nominate all-female leadership team
Civil War general and Seneca leader Ely Samuel Parker posthumously admitted to New York State Bar
Civil War general and Seneca leader Ely Samuel Parker posthumously admitted to New York State Bar
Ely Samuel Parker, a Seneca leader and Civil War officer who served in President Ulysses S. Grant’s cabinet, was posthumously admitted Friday to the New York State Bar, an achievement denied him in…
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November 16, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Civil War general and Seneca leader Ely Samuel Parker posthumously admitted to New York State Bar
How Haitian promoter Saurel Celestin built a nightlife legacy in NYC buff.ly/yK3QZZq
How promoter Saurel Celestin pushes Haitian parties, culture across NYC
Saurel Celestin has shaped Haitian nightlife in NYC with events like Konpa Tuesdays and Chic Fridays while investing back in Haiti.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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New Mexico historian's effort to document Indigenous slavery in the Americas now live | Local News | santafenewmexican.com buff.ly/8O6M21K
New Mexico historian's effort to document Indigenous slavery in the Americas now live
The Native Bound Unbound project focuses on recovering and connecting every instance of Indigenous slavery in the Americas.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Inscrições para Seminário de Saúde da População Negra e Comunidades Tradicionais
Inscrições para Seminário de Saúde da População Negra e Comunidades Tradicionais
A Prefeitura de Campos, por meio da Secretaria Municipal de Saúde, em parceria com o Comitê Técnico de Saúde Integral da População Negra, Povos e Comunidades Tradicionais, realiza, no próximo d ...
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November 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Inscrições para Seminário de Saúde da População Negra e Comunidades Tradicionais
Salsa y soberanía: el ritmo antiimperialista del Caribe
Salsa y soberanía: el ritmo antiimperialista del Caribe
La salsa nació de los llantos de las heridas y los gritos de la resistencia. En los puertos del Caribe, donde se cruzaron incontables veces los ecos de África, la colonización y el comercio desigual,…
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November 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Salsa y soberanía: el ritmo antiimperialista del Caribe
Kenya discovers largest gold deposit in decades, worth an estimated US$5.29 billion
Kenya discovers largest gold deposit in decades, worth an estimated US$5.29 billion
Kenya has taken a major step toward boosting its mining sector after British firm Shanta Gold Limited confirmed a new US$5
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November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Kenya discovers largest gold deposit in decades, worth an estimated US$5.29 billion
By Ignoring Race, Alumni Interviews Erase Reality | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson buff.ly/ebHHbU3
By Ignoring Race, Alumni Interviews Erase Reality | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
This policy may satisfy Trump, but it betrays Harvard’s own principles. The College cannot claim to value diversity while systematically erasing the identities that make its community diverse in the…
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November 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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2025 State of Black Women in California Report Documents Economic and Health Disparities Faced by Black Women
2025 State of Black Women in California Report Documents Economic and Health Disparities Faced by Black Women
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The California Black Women's Collective Empowerment Institute today released its 2025 State of Black Women in California Report, one of the most…
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November 14, 2025 at 1:51 AM
2025 State of Black Women in California Report Documents Economic and Health Disparities Faced by Black Women
N.J. congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman announces retirement, leaving possible crowded primary
N.J. congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman announces retirement, leaving possible crowded primary
New Jersey Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman announced that she will retire at the end of her current term.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
N.J. congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman announces retirement, leaving possible crowded primary
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Dutch officials rebuke Trump admin over removal of Black WWII vet memorials. Officials in the Netherlands are demanding answers from a U.S. commission after panels honoring Black vets at a World War II cemetery were taken down. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Dutch officials rebuke Trump admin over removal of Black WWII vet memorials
Officials in the Netherlands are demanding answers from a U.S. commission after panels honoring Black vets at a World War II cemetery were taken down.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Dutch officials rebuke Trump admin over removal of Black WWII vet memorials. Officials in the Netherlands are demanding answers from a U.S. commission after panels honoring Black vets at a World War II cemetery were taken down. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Starbucks baristas take up union cause, threaten major strike at coffee company
Starbucks baristas take up union cause, threaten major strike at coffee company
Starbucks Workers United plans a nationwide strike starting Red Cup Day, citing unfair labor practices and stalled contract talks.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Starbucks baristas take up union cause, threaten major strike at coffee company
Black youth in Venezuela exposed to new technologies in special robotics program
Black youth in Venezuela exposed to new technologies in special robotics program
Afro-Venezuelan youth gain STEM skills at a robotics center honoring Guillermo Rivas, blending tech empowerment with cultural pride.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Black youth in Venezuela exposed to new technologies in special robotics program
DOI seeking public’s assistance with reviewing how the NYPD polices protests
DOI seeking public’s assistance with reviewing how the NYPD polices protests
The NYC Department of Investigation has put out an open call for information about how the NYPD responds to protests.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
DOI seeking public’s assistance with reviewing how the NYPD polices protests
Rev. Jesse Jackson hospitalized – WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio share.google/6NNG0AzkpMQH...
Rev. Jesse Jackson hospitalized
The Rainbow PUSH Coalition said the civil rights activist was "under observation for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), a neurodegenerative disorder he has managed for more than a decade."
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November 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Rev. Jesse Jackson hospitalized – WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio share.google/6NNG0AzkpMQH...
New Jersey Black church leaders chart post-election strategy after Sherrill victory
New Jersey Black church leaders chart post-election strategy after Sherrill victory
Salvation and Social Justice held a post-election strategy call for Black church and faith community leaders after Mikie Sherrill’s victory.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
New Jersey Black church leaders chart post-election strategy after Sherrill victory
MacKenzie Scott makes huge donation to WSSU - HBCU Gameday buff.ly/ZX4dH87
MacKenzie Scott makes huge donation to WSSU
MacKenzie Scott donates $50 million to Winston-Salem State University (WSSU), continuing her historic giving for impactful change.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Trailblazing female cyclist, Olympic champ to be keynote speakers at Iowa Bike Banquet
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The Iowa Bike Banquet and Expo and the RAGBRAI route reveal party to share the cycling spotlight on Jan. 24
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November 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Trailblazing female cyclist, Olympic champ to be keynote speakers at Iowa Bike Banquet
Could West Africa Be Fashion’s Next Manufacturing Hub? | Vogue buff.ly/0zjDV0u
Could West Africa Be Fashion’s Next Manufacturing Hub?
From indigo dye pits to cutting-edge pattern making, West Africa is rich with craftsmanship, but has lacked the infrastructure to support production for larger brands. A new generation hopes to…
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November 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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