Photo: Wikicommons On Feb. 21, 1965, civil rights activist Malcolm X was preparing to give a speech at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan. As he stepped to the podium, someone threw a makeshift bomb into the audience, causing the two security guards in front of the stage to leave their posts, per WashPo. As Malcolm […]
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Murders of The Civil Rights Era You Must Never Forget
Photo: Wikicommons On Feb. 21, 1965, civil rights activist Malcolm X was preparing to give a speech at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan. As he stepped to the podium, someone threw a makeshift bomb into the audience, causing the two security guards in front of the stage to leave their posts, per WashPo. As Malcolm […]
Read MoreReparations 101: Everything You Need To Know About The Fight For Reparations
NEW YORK – AUGUST 9: Lindi Bobb, 6, attends a slavery reparations protest outside New York Life Insurance Company offices August 9, 2002 in New York City. Photo: Mario Tama (Getty Images) Before there was Henrietta Wood, there was Belinda Royall. In 1783, Royall, who was sold into slavery as a child to Isaac Royall, […]
Read MoreThe Root’s Guide to the Centuries Long Fight for Reparations
NEW YORK – AUGUST 9: Lindi Bobb, 6, attends a slavery reparations protest outside New York Life Insurance Company offices August 9, 2002 in New York City. Photo: Mario Tama (Getty Images) Before there was Henrietta Wood, there was Belinda Royall. In 1783, Royall, who was sold into slavery as a child to Isaac Royall, […]
Read MoreWhy Tulsa Having A Permanent Black Woman Superintendent Is A Big Deal
Ebony Johnson, Ph.D., is the first Black woman appointed to run the Tulsa, Oklahoma, school system — marking an important moment in that community’s racial history. LL Cool J and Queen Latifah in A Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip Hop Is On TV This Week Off English Dr. Johnson, who has been in […]
Read MoreShort Film Honors the Legacy of Black Wall Street
Last week, we mourned the passing of Hughes Van Ellis, one of the last remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma race massacre, which destroyed the once thriving Black community of Greenwood. The deadly attack occurred on June 1, 1921, when white rioters burned and looted the community – also known as Black Wall Street. […]
Read MoreTulsa Race Massacre Descendant Talks Death Of Hughes Van Ellis, One Of Its Last Remaining Survivors
On Monday, Hughes Van Ellis—one of the very last survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre—died at the age of 102. Van Ellis, who went by “Uncle Redd,” survived the 1921 harrowing act of terrorism that destroyed “Black Wall Street” in Tulsa. A white mob descended on the neighborhood, with around between 75 and 300 Black […]
Read MoreReparations 101: Here’s Everything You Need To Know
NEW YORK – AUGUST 9: Lindi Bobb, 6, attends a slavery reparations protest outside New York Life Insurance Company offices August 9, 2002 in New York City. Photo: Mario Tama (Getty Images) Before there was Henrietta Wood, there was Belinda Royall. In 1783, Royall, who was sold into slavery as a child to Isaac Royall, […]
Read MoreOWN’s Rebuilding Black Wall Street Honors Tulsa’s Tragic History While Healing Old Wounds
Home renovations shows generally have a very formulaic approach to them. Whether you’re watching Fixer Upper, Property Brothers or Love or List It, they all feature a reno that starts out OK, runs into a huge obstacle, then ends with a gorgeous reveal. That’s how a standard episode usually plays out. However, OWN is adding […]
Read MoreRemains Are Still Being Dug Up from the Tulsa Massacre
The horror of 1921 is still haunting Black families as archeologists continue to excavate the remains of those who were slaughtered in the Tulsa Race Massacre. The latest set of remains to be discovered can be traced back to the tragedy, yet still leaving hundreds unaccounted for. Comedian London Hughes Talks New Book, Parents Watching […]
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