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Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the 1-54 Art Fair

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the 1-54 Art Fair

Event: October 15, 2022 | 1-54, founded by Touria El Glaoui, has held annual editions in London since 2013, New York since 2015, and Marrakech since 2018. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, 1-54 spearheaded the ascent of contemporary African art on the international art market and became a leading voice. 🚨Event Alert!

Freedom Is a Place

Freedom Is a Place

A Celebration of Ruth Wilson Gilmore. Date: November 11, 2022. | This event is presented by The Antipode Foundation and the Canada Research Chair in Black Studies at Queen’s University, and is organized by Katherine McKittrick, Nik Theodore, and Kendall Witaszek.

Black Latinos at Tuskegee

Black Latinos at Tuskegee

A report by Tiffany Cusaac-Smith for USA Today. | Black Latinos found a future in an Alabama HBCU after slavery: "Black Cubans + Puerto Ricans drawn to Jim Crow Alabama from late 1890s through 1920s to attend Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute under Washington" #slaveryarchive #twitterstorians https://t.co/ZW21NFLxpE

The Only Black-Owned Vineyard in Franschhoek, South Africa, belongs to Paul Siguqa.

Pan-African Food Festival

The Only Black-Owned Vineyard in Franschhoek, South Africa, belongs to Paul Siguqa.

Learn the story at the New York Times. |

This is What Professionals Look Like

This is What Professionals Look Like

A new photo series from photographyer, Whitly Isa, is trying to make things clear. Thank you. | This Photographer Is Redefining What Professional Looks Like For Black Women With 4C HairWhitley Isa curated a photo series depicting Black women in corporate settings donning natural hairstyles.EssenceJasmine Browley

The National Black MBA Association Entrepreneur of the Year.

The National Black MBA Association Entrepreneur of the Year.

Say her name, say her name: Jasmine Crowe-Houston. | Last week I received the 2022 National Black MBA Association Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Thank you so much, @nbmbaahq. I am honored and forever grateful. pic.twitter.com/vWZCBsFdwx — Jasmine Crowe-Houston (@jasminecrowe) October 7, 2022 Feed More, Waste Less | GoodrGoodr leverages

Environmental Intersectionality

Environmental Intersectionality

Event: October 12, 2002 | Technology has transformed our lives, but in spite of its many promises, it hasn't yet saved us from the perils of a warming climate. Shifts in society have often come from art, but will they be able to mobilize change this time around? This

Making and Marking History

Making and Marking History

The 2022 Association of Black Women Historians Symposium will feature several activities including the annual luncheon, a plenary session, professional development workshops, concurrent academic sessions, a keynote address with Treva B. Lindsey, and the ABWH annual business meeting. This year, the annual luncheon is the Living Legends Luncheon featuring special

The Puerto Rican Traveling Theater

The Puerto Rican Traveling Theater

Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater (aka Pregones/PRTT) is a multigenerational performing ensemble, multidiscipline arts presenter, and owner/steward of bilingual arts facilities in The Bronx and Manhattan. Our mission is to champion a Puerto Rican/Latinx cultural legacy of universal value through creation and performance of original plays and

Growing the World We Want

Growing the World We Want

Princeton professor, Ruha Benjamin, is going on tour for her new book, Viral Justice. Do NOT miss this. | Long before the pandemic, Ruha Benjamin was doing groundbreaking research on race, technology, and justice, focusing on big, structural changes. But the twin plagues of COVID-19 and anti-Black police violence inspired her

Endangered Black Spaces

Endangered Black Spaces

Event: October 13-15, 2022 | An upcoming conference at Prarie View A&M seeks to preserve historically signifcant African-American places. | Wildfire Destroys a Piece of Black History in Rural California https://t.co/BRVsNhCEhg — California African American Museum (@CAAMinLA) October 10, 2022 The last thing we need is another non-African

The Colored Convention Movement

The Colored Convention Movement

Event: October 18-19, 2022 | Home - Colored Conventions ProjectThe Colored Conventions Project (CCP) is a scholarly and community research project dedicated to bringing the seven decades-long history of nineteenth-century Black organizing to digital life. Mirroring the collective nature of the nineteenth-century Colored Conventions, CCP uses innovative, inclusi…Colored Conventions Project

Our Souls Grow Deep

Our Souls Grow Deep

Event: October 15 - November 22, 2022 | From our friends @LAPhil: "Rock My Soul" Festival celebrates the extraordinary achievements of Black women artists, with music, yoga, film & so much more. Curated by @ava's ARRAY (@ARRAYNow) and @_JuliaBullock. Learn more at https://t.co/kM0D86ZFUE. pic.

Do You Hear What We Hear?

Do You Hear What We Hear?

Event: October 15, 2022 | Join us for the public-facing part of this event on Saturday, Oct 15, 9:30am-3:30pm ET. There'll be presentations on sound objects and a concert. Made possible by @CRE2_WashU @WashUHumanities @OIEAHC @CNUcaptains @VCU and VCA. Co-organized w @MissCaton Sarah Finely + Sarah Eyerly

Until We Are Free

Until We Are Free

Scholar Keisha Blain shares how Fannie Lou Hamer's life, work, and message still speak to contemporary America. A Black Perspective. | "Despite the voluminous scholarship on Black women leaders in the movement, including the pioneering works of Barbara Ransby, Jeanne Theoharis, Vicki L. Crawford, ‎Joseph Fitzgerald, and many

Black Brazil

The largest population of African descent outside of Africa is found in Brazil. And the reach goes far beyond Bahia. Never, ever forget...where we are. | 2) But law number 10.639/03 isn't enforced. Inspired by the #1619project @TiagoRogero launched a series of podcasts on Afro-Brazilian history.

PanAfriconAI 2022

PanAfriconAI 2022

Those who attended the first annual event at the new Science and Technology Museum in Addis Ababa will surely never forget it. | 1/ Reflecting back to last week’s @PanAfriconAi conference & the inauguration of science museum in #AddisAbaba, #Ethiopia, it gives me hope that Ethiopia’s & #Africa’s

A Distinguished Lecture

A Distinguished Lecture

Event: February 15, 2023 | We could not be more excited to introduce the inaugural Distinguished Lecture in Ideas & Organizing given by the inimitable @KeeangaYamahtta! An in-person prgrm on Feb. 15 w/Cheryl Harris @UCLA_Law & @ProfVestal @uclaurbnplnning and moderated by @ChallengeIneq's own @ananyaUCLA🔥 pic.twitter.com/

Black Women and the Making of Democracy

Black Women and the Making of Democracy

Event: October 25, 2022 | #Upcoming event for our #Philadelphia folks! Don’t miss @ericaadunbar’s #TruthBeTold #Keynote @Penn!! 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 @ABWHTruth #BlackWomen and the making of Democracy! #Blktwitterstorians #twitterstorians pic.twitter.com/WxW9Nb1AYX — JAAH (@JAAHistory) October 5, 2022 #CFP: @BlkPerspectives invites blog posts for an online forum on the topic of "

ONE Earth. Only ONE.

ONE Earth. Only ONE.

This is a huge moment for everyone who cares about our planet. A new film, The Letter, featuring youth activist @ridhimapandey7 shares a powerful story of new hope for our planet. Watch the film on YouTube Originals now! https://t.co/qlLvSXrACz — Vanessa Nakate (@vanessa_vash) October 5, 2022

An A.I. Bill of Rights

An A.I. Bill of Rights

This is where we are. This is where the U.S. stands. | Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights - The White HouseAmong the great challenges posed to democracy today is the use of technology, data, and automated systems in ways that threaten the rights of the American public. Too

Google and Africa

Google and Africa

Tage Kene-Okafor reviews the tech giant's billion dollar investment in Africa's digital infrastructure. | A year in review of Google’s $1B commitment to support Africa’s digital economyGoogle announced a $1 billion commitment to support innovation across Africa over the next five years. Here’s how

Black Afterlives Matter, Too

Black Afterlives Matter, Too

A battle for the preservation of Black cemetaries is now being waged. | Slavery descendants fight to memorialize a cemetery in MarylandDevelopment has forced many historically Black communities around the country to uproot and disperse. Cemeteries often remain the only proof that those communities existed.NPRMarisa Peñaloza “Slavery too is mostly

"Making Black America" on PBS

"Making Black America" on PBS

From PBS/ MAKING BLACK AMERICA: THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE is a four-part series from executive producer, host and writer Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., which will premiere October 4th on PBS stations nationwide. Professor Gates, with directors Stacey L. Holman and Shayla Harris, chronicle the vast social networks and organizations created

Let's Talk About It

Let's Talk About It

Event: October 27,2022 | In And There Was Light, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and #1 New York Times bestselling author chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln, charting how—and why—he confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery to expand the possibilities of America. Jon Meacham will