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Arts & Culture

‘Afrofuturism in Costume Design’ coming to Children’s Museum in 2025

CHLOE McGOWAN -
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is set to unveil a new exhibit from two-time Academy Award-Winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter. “Ruth E. Carter: Afrofuturism...
Religion

Islam in African American history

HEAVYN LESTER -
There is no African American history without Islam, unless that is, you want to cheat our race and the world of a true history. Alex...
Arts & Culture

‘Shaft’ star Richard Roundtree, considered the first Black action movie hero, has died at 81

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By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective in several...
Education

Researching his roots: Duane D. Perry, Sr. leverages genealogy to uncover the stories of his family

KARA KAVENSKY -
Duane D. Perry, Sr. is a treasure hunter. The treasure he hunts for requires patience, curiosity, focus, resiliency, single-mindedness, and luck. The gems he...
Top Stories

Finding Kunta: Black entrepreneurs connect the dots after Roots

Ronda Racha Penrice, Urban News Service -
Kunta Kinte still haunts us. Nearly 40 years after it premiered, Roots – Alex Haley’s iconic quest, tracing his ancestry from slavery back to Juffure, The Gambia...
Local News

Black Hoosiers exploring their roots

JAMES PATTERSON -
Once barely more than a pipe dream for three Indianapolis community leaders – Rev. Andrew J. Brown, Jim C. Cummings Jr., and Williard “Mike”...
Arts & Culture

Dancehall dreams: The roots of reggae

Elisa Bray -
The small nation of Jamaica had its social issues, and, like the very best of art's creations, the discontent gave rise to a musical...
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