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ABWW Signal Boost: Tennessee’s Pregnancy Criminalization Law Will Hit Black...
I have been following Imani Gandy’s tireless work for reproductive rights for a few years. She is passionate, knowledgeable & incredibly funny as the co-host of the This Week in Blackness podcast....
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88 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by Islamic extremists still missing
Twenty-four more Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by Islamic extremists have escaped but 85 are still missing, an education official said on Friday. Some of the 129 young women who were abducted jumped...
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Study finds experiences of racism associated with weight gain in African...
A recent analysis conducted by investigators from the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University has found that frequent experiences of racism were associated with a higher risk of obesity among...
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Study Finds Air Pollution Linked to Increased Incidence of Diabetes and...
The incidence of type 2 diabetes and hypertension increases with cumulative levels of exposure to nitrogen oxides, according to a new study led by researchers from the Slone Epidemiology Center (SEC)...
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Honoring Althea Gibson, The First Black Woman to Win Wimbeldon
As an Africana/film historian and person with common sense, it has always gotten on my nerves that individuals refer to a sports as white or black. It is if America has massive amnesia and forgot that...
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U.S. Mint: New Black Lady Liberty Coin for 225th Anniversary
The U.S. Mint’s new $100 gold coin portrays Liberty as an African-American woman Hello folks! It has been a long time since I have posted to this blog. In an effort to get over the shock and horror...
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Google celebrates Nigerian writer Flora Nwanzuruahu Nwapa with a doodle
Google celebrated Flora Nwanzuruahu Nwapa, Nigerian Igbo author with a doodle on her 86th posthumous birthday yesteday. Flora Nwapa, the mother of modern African literature and forerunner to a...
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ABWW Hater of the Day: Steve Harvey
Long before Steve Harvey gained mainstream fame I was not feeling his brand of humor. I thought he was the least talented of the Kings of Comedy and was constantly distracted by high top fade toupee. I...
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Remembering 9 women behind the civil rights era’s biggest achievements
These women may be lesser known to most Americans, but they are my heroes and I walk gratefully in their footsteps. Americans may know the names of Rosa Parks or Coretta Scott King, but the numerous...
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Katherine Johnson: The Girl Who Loved to Count
I have always been ridiculously proud of being black. My parents filled me with the stories of those who fought for Caribbean independence like Julian Fedon, Queen Nanny and Toussaint L’Ouverture. For...
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