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An Alabama school official wants to make it very clear that critical race theory isn’t being taught in the classroom, as many residents believe. According to AL.com, Alabama Superintendent Eric Mackey told lawmakers Wednesday that he’s received numerous complaints from parents who say Black History Month lessons are the same as CRT. The claims comes nearly […]
Kith is celebrating Black History Month with a special collection, highlighting three independent artists who’ve teamed up with the brand for some stunning pieces. b. Robert Moore, Delphine Desane, and Ludovic Nkothal have their work featured in the collection, which was released on Tuesday, with the artists receiving 50% of the proceeds for each of their respective looks—from T-shirts to long sleeves, and […]
iHeartMedia has unveiled the full lineup for the second edition of its Living Black! event. Fans tuning in this year will be able to experience performances by Big Sean, Moneybagg Yo, H.E.R., Ari Lennox, and more. The event, powered by AT&T, will be broadcast live from Los Angeles and a number of Black-owned businesses nationwide via […]
When watching one of Elladj Baldé’s viral TikTok videos and his moves across the ice, there is a freedom of expression and movement that cannot go unnoticed. A smile that goes from ear to ear, an enthusiasm befitting the backflips he catapults into, and a feel for the music—from Drake to Otis Redding—that takes the […]
Kaytranada has finally delivered his first offering of 2020 with “Caution,” a smooth house track that sounds like it can be played as partygoers are entering the function or preparing to leave. As a part of TikTok’s Black History Month celebration, the Montreal artist originally released the song on the social media platform. “Caution” sounds […]
Scavenger hunts are particularly useful if you need to keep children entertained. They don’t work so well if you’re trying celebrate historically oppressed people in a country with a long history of state racism. That’s what the government of the Durham Region in Ontario found out, after their Black History Month exercise was passed around for reasons they did […]
Blackness isn’t a monolith, and neither is Black love. Black people could be bonding over hip-hop lyrics, helping fugitives evade the law, breaking up engagements with a basketball game, or even fighting against the prison system, and all of that would be expressions of Black love. There is a multitude of cinematic representations of Black […]
Austin Chenge, a GOP candidate for Michigan governor, is facing backlash over his stance on Black History Month. On Monday, Black Army veteran announced he would abolish the annual observance in the state if he’s elected, stating that the month was not only “unfair” it was also potentially illegal. “I will cancel #BlackHistoryMonth in #Michigan,” he wrote on social […]
A charter school in Utah is now facing backlash after allowing students to opt-out of its Black History Month curriculum. According to the Standard-Examiner, Maria Montessori Academy Director Micah Hirokawa announced the decision on the school’s private Facebook page on Friday. He reportedly wrote that he “reluctantly” sent the letter to parents saying that the […]
Black History Month has to be more than a running list of “Did you know?” fun facts. It has to be more than regurgitated Instagram posts with red, black, and green borders or an opportunity for advertisers and TV stations to break out their dashiki-print art treatments. Black history is everyone’s history. Just as there […]
