The website for Kansas City’s black newspaper is a work in progress. In fact, a note at the top of The Call’s homepage declares “Public BETA...
On a recent weekday morning, the selection of top stories on the Chicago Defender website homepage was not so different from that of other news providers:...
Black newspapers: From community roots to the digital age In the 21st Century, an era in which there is an online publication for every interest and...
The true story of New York 1 News anchor Cheryl Wills’ remarkable family journey is uncovered in her first book, Die Free: A Heroic Family History....
Ranking in the top ten on a national list may seem like a good thing — depending on the list, of course. In 2013, two researchers...
Above image: Amanda at the PopShop at Cornell University. The PopShop is a co-working space at allows students from the universities seven college come together. From...
By Robert J. Newman and Joel Nathan Rosen In 1883, when Chicago White Stockings’ star, Cap Anson, refused to compete against a Toledo, Ohio team that...
Almost a century ago today a group of African American businessmen gathered in Kansas City to form a baseball league. A Chicagoan named Rube Foster led...
What started out as a celebration over 35 years ago has flourished into an annual tradition commemorating the many great African Americans of this country’s past....
Good things come in three’s. Darting around roller rinks in Chicago at just two years old, Shani Davis had the look of someone who was going...