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On This Day, July 5: Larry Doby becomes 1st Black player in MLB's American League
In 1947, Larry Doby became the first Black player in Major League Baseball's American League, joining the Cleveland Indians ...
Why Black unemployment just rose to its highest level since January 2022
Meanwhile, the national unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1% and employers added a stronger-than-expected 147,000 jobs in ...
3 beaches where Black Americans found and fought for freedom in a racist world
Many Americans are flocking to the country’s beaches this weekend to celebrate the Fourth of July. These sandy retreats hold ...
2025 Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival Opening Lineup Announced
The Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival (MVAAF) has announced the opening lineup for its 23rd annual celebration ...
‘Sinners’ to Make History as the First Film to Stream in Black American Sign Language (BASL)
Ryan Coogler is marking another career milestone: The director’s latest blockbuster “ Sinners ” will be the first film to ...
Fiber is important: New Berkeley exhibit celebrates African-American quilts
Quilts carried during the migration of millions of Black people from the South star at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific ...
Zohran Mamdani said identifying himself as African American would be ‘misleading’ on campaign trail — just months before Columbia bombshell
Democratic socialist New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani once admitted that identifying himself as African ...
NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani identified as Black, Asian on Columbia application: report
NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani listed himself as Black on a Columbia application but later said he wasn’t, according to ...