Some Black and Indigenous people say freedom is unfinished business on the 250th Independence Day

In 1852 Frederick Douglass famously asked, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Now on the cusp of the nation’s 250th ...
LEVEL Man on MSNOpinion

Why many Black people won't celebrate America's 250th anniversary

The holiday reminds them of the nation's failure to uproot racism.
AFRO American Newspapers

Stories of Black and Indigenous patriots come into focus as U.S. remembers the American Revolution

The legacies of brave Black and Indigenous men of the American Revolution are coming to the forefront as the nation prepares to celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States.
Essence

Roots That Speak: 6 Books That Highlight Black And Native Stories

Having the audacity to pursue truth is a courageous act. And, when studying historical texts or reading for leisure, it is important to examine the written word comparatively. Because the question ...
AOL

Reparations are proposed for Black Californians. What about Indigenous people?

Angela Mooney D'Arcy, founder of the Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples, poses during an event at Lewis MacAdams Riverfront Park in Los Angeles. "People ask why I do anti-racism work ...
Hyperallergic

The Sacred Waterways of Black and Indigenous Communities

MYSTIC, Conn. — A momentous exhibition at the Mystic Seaport Museum honors the ancestral knowledge and creative innovation that flow from Black and Indigenous communities’ sacred relationship to ...
Smithsonian Magazine

An Ancestry of African-Native Americans

Researcher Angela Walton-Raji has been studying African-Native genealogy for over 20 years. The Comanche family pictured here is from the early 1900s. Courtesy Sam DeVenney Angela Walton-Raji has been ...
WUWF

Diving for history: A Black genealogist's search for slave ship wrecks on Florida's ocean floor

With a measuring tape and waterproof notepad in hand, genealogist Shellie Baxter swims around a shipwreck embedded into the ...
The Cornell Daily Sun

Black, Hispanic and Native American First-Year Enrollment at Cornell Drops After Affirmative Action Ban

Black, Native American and Hispanic student enrollment dropped markedly between the classes of 2027 and 2028, while the proportion of Asian first-years rose slightly, according to data released by the ...