For African American women compelled to speak their peace during movements like Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, and #TimesUp, Essence Magazine is taking note of those who...
As the calendar flips toward Mother’s Day 2018, I’m growing panicky. Not afraid of how I might handle that special day set aside for mothers –...
In its ongoing effort to revitalize downtown, Pine Bluff city leaders today rolled out the plans for a new main library. “I’ve been happy all day…it’s...
The owner of the online business, WeBuyBlack, is encouraging African Americans to continue to support Black-owned businesses. The campaign to support Black-owned businesses reached a...
Three generations of Americans mourned the passing of the man who composed “Schoolhouse Rock”, the popular series of animated educational messages set to music and embraced...
From Starbucks to a golf course in Pennsylvania, the police are being used to threaten African Americans and circumvent rights guaranteed by the law. What can...
It was 1873, and newly freed slaves in Arkansas were eager to learn to read. Joseph Carter Corbin, a black man from the North through a...
The survivors of the Oklahoma City bombing returned to the site over the weekend to remember those who lost their lives 23 years ago when...
In the spacious, light-filled Great Hall at the Clinton Presidential Library today, a crowd of supporters and admirers celebrated the late poet, author, and activist Maya...
