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Stories of African-American women aging with HIV: ‘My life wasn’t what I hoped it to be’ | The Conversation

Thurka Sangaramoorthy, The Conversation Marcella Wright has been living with HIV for decades. She was recruited to be in...

Mar 15 · >

Martin Luther King Jr. was stabbed by a deranged woman. At 29, he almost died. | The Washington Post

He described the attack a decade later in his last sermon, which he delivered the night before his assassination.

Mar 13 · >

Missouri man wrongfully imprisoned for 17 years sues police | AP

Nathan Skethaw, AP GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man wrongly imprisoned for 17 years on murder charges alleges...

Mar 13 · >
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The Impact of Structural Racism in Employment and Wages on Minority Women’s Health | American Bar Association

Ruqaiijah Yearby, American Bar Association 2010, at the end of the great recession that disproportionately harmed racial minorities and...

Mar 12 · >

Ryan Coogler To Produce A Film About The Rise And Fall Of Fred Hampton | Essence

Britni Danielle, Essence American political and social activist and Black Panther Party member Fred Hampton (1948 – 1969) raises...

Mar 12 · >

I Quit Google, Started a Company, and Sold It to Amazon. Ditching Silicon Valley for Atlanta Was Huge | Inc.com

In 2013, Jewel Burks Solomon launched Partpic, a startup that makes it easier to identify industrial parts. One day,...

Mar 11 · >

Ditching Silicon Valley for Atlanta Was Huge

In 2013, Jewel Burks Solomon launched Partpic, a startup that makes it easier to identify industrial parts. One day,...

Mar 10 · >

Esperanza Spalding Appointed to Harvard’s Music Department Faculty | Harvard University

Harvard University, Harvard University, Music Department Photo: Jersean Golatt, Featured Image 24, 2017: We are pleased to report that...

Mar 8 · >

The Explosive Chapter Left Out of Malcolm X’s Autobiography | History.com

Missy Sullivan, History.com Truman Moore/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images, Featured Image not often that a little-known chapter from one...

Mar 7 · >

Another first for Misty Copeland, and many in ballet say it’s about time | The Undefeated

She and Calvin Royal III are the first black couple to perform lead roles for American Ballet Theatre

Mar 7 · >