Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson was confirmed by the U.S Senate on Saturday as Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts. Jackson is the first African...
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Senate Confirms Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson as National Endowment for the Arts Chair, 1st African American and Mexican American to Lead the NEA
Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson was confirmed by the U.S Senate on Saturday as Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts. Jackson is the first African...
MUSIC MONDAY: An Afroclectic Christmas Playlist for 2021 (LISTEN)
by Marlon West (FB: marlon.west1 Twitter: @marlonw IG: stlmarlonwest Spotify: marlonwest) Happy Holiday Season, you all! I am thrilled to offer this...
MUSIC: Ultimate “Soul of the Season” Christmas Soundtrack – Deluxe Edition (LISTEN)
by Jeff Meier (FB: Jeff.Meier.90) In my house today, we’re hopefully finally getting our Christmas tree decorated, and hitting up the internet...
MUSIC MONDAY: “Cool Yule” – A Jazzy Christmas Collection (LISTEN)
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) With Thanksgiving firmly in our rearview, it is officially time to bring on the peppermint, egg nog and,...
MUSIC MONDAY: Redemption Songs – Thanksgiving Music for 2021 (LISTEN)
by Marlon West (FB: marlon.west1 Twitter: @marlonw IG: stlmarlonwest Spotify: marlonwest) This week many of us will be with friends and family to...
Artist Kerry James Marshall to Create Racial Justice-Themed Stained Glass Art for Washington National Cathedral to Replace Confederate Iconography
Washington National Cathedral recently announced it will replace its stained-glass windows that formerly featured Confederate iconography...
Artist Kerry James Marshall to Create Racial Justice-Themed Stained Glass Art for Washington National Cathedral to Replace Confederate Iconography
Washington National Cathedral recently announced it will replace its stained-glass windows that formerly featured Confederate iconography...
ART: “Woody De Othello:Hope Omens” Exhibition of Ceramics at John Michael Kohler Arts Center in WI Opens 9/26
SHEBOYGAN, WI —An exhibition of ceramics by the artist Woody De Othello will be on view at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center from September 26,...
ART: “Woody De Othello:Hope Omens” Exhibition of Ceramics at John Michael Kohler Arts Center in WI Opens 9/26
SHEBOYGAN, WI —An exhibition of ceramics by the artist Woody De Othello will be on view at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center from September 26,...
GBN’s “A Year of Good Black News” Page-A-Day Calendar for 2022 Now Available for Pre-Order
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson, Good Black News Editor-in-Chief This March in our Good Black News anniversary post, I mentioned GBN would be coming out...
Artist Amy Sherald’s Breonna Taylor Portrait on Display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Best known for painting the official portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama that hangs in the National Gallery, artist Amy Sherald’s painting...
Artist Amy Sherald’s Breonna Taylor Portrait on Display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Best known for painting the official portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama that hangs in the National Gallery, artist Amy Sherald’s painting...
Digital Healthcare Platform HUED Lands $1.6M in Funding from Serena Williams and Others
The digital health start-up HUED, founded in 2018 by Kimberly Wilson with the aim of connecting patients with Black and Latinx healthcare...
Global Superstar Rihanna’s Success in Music and Make Up Have Made Her a Billionaire
Thirty three year-old Barbados native Robyn Fenty, best known to the world as singing superstar Rihanna, through the success of her smash hits...
New York Artist Tanda Francis and Others Turn Plywood from Black Lives Matter Protests into Public Art
New York’s worthless studios, a not-for-profit space for artists, organized The Plywood Protection Project last summer in the wake of the 2020...
Scholar, Author and Educator Dr. Kymberly Pinder to Become Dean at Yale School of Art
[Dr. Kymberly Pinder, seen with a black and white drawing by Jami Porter Lara. Photo by Eve Caughey via news.yale.edu] Starting July 1, Dr. Kymberly...
Films with Higher Percentages of Cast Diversity Earn Top Box Office Dollars in 2020 While Films with Lowest Diversity Earn the Least
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) According to UCLA’s annual Hollywood Diversity Report, U.S. audiences spent more money to see films...
Office of Historic Resources and Getty Conservation Institute in Los Angeles Announce Project to Identify and Protect African American Historic Places in City
[St. Elmo Village, est. 1969. Photo: Elizabeth Daniels, © J. Paul Getty Trust. St. Elmo Village, an artists’ enclave of ten Craftsman bungalows in a...
Killer Mike’s Digital Banking Platform, Greenwood, Raises Nearly $40 million in Funding From Investors
[Photo: Killer Mike, Andrew Young, Ryan Glover via bankgreenwood.com] Greenwood, the digital banking platform introduced last year by co-founders...
Morehouse College and Spelman College Co-Create Center for Black Entrepreneurship with $10 Million in Funding from Bank of America
According to jbhe.com, the Black Economic Alliance Foundation, HBCUs Spelman College, Morehouse College and Bank of America have announced...
Goldman Sachs Commits More Than $10 Billion in Investment and Philanthropic Capital to One Million Black Women Initiative
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. announced a new investment initiative yesterday of more than $10 billion to advance racial equity and economic...
Artist Sonya Clark’s “Tatter, Bristle, and Mend” Exhibition on View at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in D.C. from March 3 to May 31
[Above image: Sonya Clark, Nap, 2012; Glass beads and board, 16 x 20 x 5 in.; On loan from the artist; © Sonya Clark; Photo by Taylor Dabney] Sonya...
Artist Anthony Olubunmi Akinbola’s “Magic City” Installation at John Michael Kohler Arts Center Opens Online Feb. 19
[Image: Anthony Olubunmi Akinbola: Magic City installation (detail) at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 2021.] A Cadillac Escalade that morphs...
Harriet Tubman Inducted into Military Intelligence Corps Hall of Fame; Back on Track to Grace the $20 Bill
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) On Veteran’s Day in 2018, I posted the following to the Good Black News Facebook Page with the photo...
Apple Launches New Racial Equity and Justice Initiative Projects Nationwide
[Photo courtesy apple.com: Jared Bailey, a senior at Morehouse College, has integrated Apple’s coding and creativity curricula into his public...
Black LA firm Lendistry selected by California to Disburse $500 million in COVID Relief Funds
[Photo: Everett K. Sands, Lendistry Founder and CEO via Lendistry.com] The state of California has selected Lendistry, a Black-led-and-operated...
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