Steve Guinn, a white, 80-year-old Phoenix retiree, thinks there are too many African Americans — women, in particular — on the television channel he watches. Not that he objects to having them on television, just not when he’s trying to enjoy “NCIS” and “Law and Order,” he told Journal
The History of Cornrows [Detangling Our Roots] Stop the co-opt. In this EBONY.com series exploring Black hair origins, we trace this intricate form of braiding to Ancient Africa
Americans are citizens of the United States of America. The country is home to people of many different national origins.As a result, American culture and law does not equate nationality with race or ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance.
This fact sheet provides data about HIV in the United States.
While the existence of slavery is arguably the root of subsequent conceptualizations of African-Americans, the origins of African enslavement have a …
In 1908, Salome’s Dance of the Seven Veils, a piece with Biblical roots was a socially accepted striptease act that was extremely popular in burlesque shows. Ada Overton was the only African-American woman performing the routine, a retelling of the execution of John the Baptist that Salome
Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture – The Official Kwanzaa Website by Dr. Maulana Karenga, founder
The quiet crisis among African Americans: Pregnancy and birth are killing women at inexplicable rates
Poverty in Black America. According to the 2014 U.S. Census Bureau ACS study (see charts below) 27% of all African American men, women and ren live below the poverty level compared to just 11% of all Americans.
