Subject The Humanity Archive; Louisville; Jermaine Fowler Description The newest author from Louisville to land a book on the New York … Continue reading ‘The Humanity Archive’: Louisville author says journey to NYT best seller began in library
Subject Cullen Jones; Olympian; Swimming Description Cullen Jones became the first Black American to hold a world swimming record, but one … Continue reading An Olympian says a drowning experience inspired him to teach children to swim
Subject Mets; Cleon Jones; Black History Description It’s a story 163 years in the making, and the cast includes the … Continue reading ‘69 Mets hero Cleon Jones is preserving a piece of painful — and crucial — Black history
Subject Gen. CQ Brown Jr., U.S. Air Force; Joint Chiefs Description WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will announce Thursday that he is … Continue reading Biden picks history-making Air Force fighter pilot to serve as next Joint Chiefs chairman
Subject Tim Scott; Black Republican; U.S. Senate; 2024 GOP Primary Description South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott on Monday formally entered the … Continue reading Tim Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, enters the 2024 GOP primary
Subject HBCU; Alabama; Anthony Overton; Jay Roberson; Kerry Stevenson; Ralph Williams Description It’s rare that golf comes up in connection … Continue reading How the HBCU experience, and golf, shaped four Black men in Alabama
Subject Stephen Benjamin; White House; President Joe Biden Description As senior advisor to President Joe Biden and the new director … Continue reading Meet Stephen Benjamin, the most senior Black man in the White House
Subject MLK; Malcolm X; Duke University Description Jonathan Eig was deep in the Duke University archives researching his new biography of the … Continue reading MLK’s famous criticism of Malcolm X was a ‘fraud,’ author finds
Subject Brother Sage, Juneteenth Luncheon, The History Museum Description SOUTH BEND — The History Museum announced April 18 that Verge … Continue reading History Museum names ‘Brother Sage’ its 2023 African American Legacy Award winner
Subject ACLS Award; Chijioke Onah; Scholarship Description A United States-based Nigerian scholar, Mr Chijioke Onah, has won the 2023 Mellon/ACLS … Continue reading US-based Nigerian wins 2023 Mellon/ACLS award
