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The Complexity of Black Leadership: Navigating Identity, Expectation, and Responsibility

Black leadership in America has always existed under a unique and unforgiving lens. It is burdened with history, charged with symbolism, and often scrutinized...

Are Black People the True Children of the Gods? Unpacking the Erasure of African History and Spirituality

For centuries, Black people have been at the center of an ongoing struggle for identity, history, and divinity. While modern society often portrays African descendants as the marginalized, the lost, and the struggling, there exists a deeper, more profound question: Could Black people be the original children of the gods? And if so, does that explain why European and American systems have worked so tirelessly to erase African history, culture, and spirituality?

Spiritual Resilience: The Interconnected History of African American Spirituality and Social Justice Movements

African American spirituality has profoundly shaped and sustained social justice movements across history. During the civil rights era, churches served as crucial hubs for...

Digital Dialogue Unveils New Perspectives on Ancient Africans and “Time Travel”

A recent online discussion between a user and an AI language model has sparked renewed interest in how ancient African cultures perceive time—a topic...

Mary McLeod Bethune, known as the ‘First Lady of Negro America,’ also sought to unify the African diaspora

Ashley Robertson Preston, Howard University When I first landed an internship as an archives technician at the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House-National Historic Site –...

Paying reparations for slavery is possible – based on a study of federal compensation to farmers, fishermen, coal miners, radiation victims and 70 other groups

Linda J. Bilmes, Harvard Kennedy School and Cornell William Brooks, Harvard Kennedy School As Americans celebrate Juneteenth, legislation for a commission to study reparations for...

When Does Asking Become an Accusation?

Nigerian author, Chika Unigwe, tweeted a few days ago about how some years ago, she couldn’t find €100 placed on her desk after her cleaner cleaned her apartment. Since she had no proof and wanted to keep her, she didn’t ask her about it. 

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