Black Farmers In America Take A $4 Billion Fight To Washington DC
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Dr. John Boyd Jr., a fourth-generation farmer in Virginia and the president of the National Black Farmers Association, told The Hill he’s been pressuring lawmakers and the Biden administration to help Black farmers in need. President Joe Biden signed off on a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief […]
Black History: Five Black Chefs Reflect On How The Past Influenced Today’s Culinary
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email U.S. culinary history rarely acknowledges the contributions of Black chefs such as James Hemings, the very first American cook to train in France in the late 18th century. Hemings, who was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson, joined the founding father when he was posted […]
Twenty Four Years After, Jamaican Bobsled Team Due At The Olympics And Burden Of A Nation’s Legacy
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email It has been 24 years since the four-man Jamaican bobsled team has made it to the Olympic games. The team’s first foray into the sport was in 1988 and that journey inspired the popular movie, “Cool Runnings.” “This won’t be our last Olympics, […]
How “Roots” Television Mini-Series Opened America’s Eyes To Her Black History
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email January 23, 1977 sees the premiere of Roots, a groundbreaking television program. The eight-episode miniseries, which was broadcast over eight consecutive nights, follows a family from its origins in West Africa through generations of slavery and the end of the Civil War. Roots […]
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Nigeria Struggling Tax Revenue Rises By 29% in 2021
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Nigeria’s tax receipts in 2021 rose by 29.4% to 6.41 trillion naira ($15.5 billion), the head of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami, said on Thursday. Nigeria’s government has repeatedly said it wants to boost non-oil revenues since oil sales make up […]
Black Churches Receive $20M donation From Endowment Fund
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By Jay Reeves Lilly Endowment Inc., which supports religious, educational and charitable causes, contributed the money to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund as seed funding for the Preserving Black Churches Project, according to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which launched […]
..And UK’s Parliamentary Debate Raises Hopes For Somaliland’s Recognition
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By Mathew Gordon While the rest of the Horn of Africa region is making waves on the battlefield, the tiny, self-declared republic of Somaliland has been having its presence felt where representative democracy and open debate lurk. In the halls of the UK […]
Why One Of America’s Top Sports – The NFL – Lacks Behind In Diversity
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By George B. Cunningham A couple of weeks after the close of the National Football League’s regular season, there is just one Black head coach and one Latino head coach left in the League – Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Ron […]
Somaliland: A Hidden African Story In Plain Sight
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By Robert Kluijver Thirty years ago, as Somalia the northwestern part of the country seceded. It declared itself independent under the name of Somaliland. Since then, this country has built a state, a democratic order, its own currency and an economy. It has […]