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This Week In Black History October 23-29, 2024

Courier Newsroom - October 23, 2024

SCOTTSBORO BOYS OCTOBER 23 1775—The Continental Congress approves a resolution barring free Blacks from the army fighting for American independence from England. The resolution came...

This Week In Black History October 16-22, 2024

Courier Newsroom - October 16, 2024

Painting of George Washington Williams addressing the Ohio State Legislature. Williams was the first African-American elected to the Ohio State Legislature, serving one term...

This Week In Black History October 9-15, 2024

Courier Newsroom - October 9, 2024

1945: Jesse James Payne was lynched in Madison County, Florida OCTOBER 9 1806—Benjamin Banneker dies in Ellicott Mills, Md., at age 74. Banneker was a brilliant...

This Week In Black History October 2 – 8, 2024

Courier Newsroom - October 2, 2024

CARL STOKES OCTOBER 2 1800—Nat Turner is born on this day in South Hampton, Va. The spiritually inspired Turner would organize and carry out one of...

This Week In Black History September 25-October 1, 2024

Courier Newsroom - September 26, 2024

SEPTEMBER 25 1861—The Secretary of the Navy authorizes the enlistment of free Blacks and slaves as Union sailors in a bid to help...

This Week In Black History September 18-24, 2024

Courier Newsroom - September 18, 2024

Vintage illustration shows a group of four Black men, possibly freedmen, ambushed by a posse of six armed Whites in a cornfield. Getty Images...

This Week In Black History September 11-17, 2024

Courier Newsroom - September 11, 2024

SEPTEMBER 11 1740—Was he America’s first Black doctor and or dentist? It is unclear but on this day in 1740 the Philadelphia Gazette carries...

Fear, queer love and self-loathing: James Baldwin’s mid-century masterpiece, Giovanni’s Room

The Conversation - August 31, 2024

American Writer James Baldwin in Paris. Photo by Sophie Bassouls Sygma via Getty Images by Dan Dixon, University of Sydney Our cultural touchstones series looks at influential...

This Week In Black History August 28-September 3, 2024

August 28, 2024

Emmett Till and Carolyn Bryant Donham AP; Gene Herrick/AP AUGUST 28 1955—The body of Emmett Till is recovered from the Tallahatchie River near Money, Miss....

Uncle Waffles: The ‘Queen of Amapiano’ Set to Regale Afro Nation Detroit

Tacuma Roeback, Managing Editor - August 15, 2024

In the vast and ever-evolving constellation of modern soul and house, few shine as brightly as Uncle Waffles, a nova of a producer, DJ...