2 min readGhanaian artist in COVID-19 limbo stirred by ‘Black Lives Matter’ movementTears slipped down the cheek of the Ghanaian-German artist, Zohra Opoku, as she recalled how the global Black Lives Matter had sparked...
1 min readBerlin removes offensive name for metro station after protestsBerlin’s public transport company BVG just announced that the capital will rename a city centre metro station that has become notorious...
4 min readHollywood trying to foster lasting Black inclusionHollywood came under intense scrutiny for a lack of diversity in 2015 when the #OscarsSoWhite movement spotlighted the dearth of Black...
2 min readTennis player Gauff prodigy for her role against racial injustice American tennis player Coco Gauff can improve the world, 18-time Grand Slam champion Martina Navratilova declared, lauding the teenage...
1 min readUffizi masterpieces and the Black culture's role in the RenaissanceItaly’s Uffizi gallery announced yesterday that it was planning to pick out nine of its masterpieces for a project to highlight the part...
2 min readGap in Black and white unemployment rates is widest in five years in the USThe United States saw the widest gap in unemployment rates for African Americans and whites in five years in June, underscoring an uneven...
2 min readJPMorgan removes terms 'master,' 'slave' from internal tech code and materialsJPMorgan Chase & Co is eliminating terms like “blacklist,” “master” and “slave” from its internal technology materials and code, as the...
2 min readVote to remove statue of Lincoln and enslaved Black man in BostonBoston officials have voted to remove “The Emancipation Group” statue depicting Abraham Lincoln and an enslaved Black man from a city...