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Islam in African American history

HEAVYN LESTER - February 8, 2024

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

ASSOCIATED PRESS - October 25, 2023

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 - September 22, 2023

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...

Finding Kunta: Black entrepreneurs connect the dots after Roots

Ronda Racha Penrice, Urban News Service - June 6, 2016

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...

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Black Hoosiers exploring their roots

JAMES PATTERSON - July 16, 2010

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 - October 16, 2009

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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