South Central, Los Angeles—The circumstances surrounding Los Angeles City Councilman Curren Price is deeply unfortunate, particularly when viewed in the context of Black political…
Downtown, Los Angeles—Eric Holder Jr. has finally been sentenced for the 2019 murder of Los Angeles rapper and businessman Nipsey Hussle (born Ermias Asghedom).…
Every year, UCLA’s Afrikan Student Union and the Academic Advancement Program, hold a ceremony honoring the lives of Los Angeles Black Panther members Alprentice…
The first Los Angeles City Council meeting following the Nury Martinez, Gil Cedillo and Kevin De Leon racism scandal was heated–both inside and outside…
South Central, Los Angeles–The issue of African Americans being owed reparations for the crack epidemic is something that constantly weighs heavily on my mind,…
Los Angeles, CA–While Black Los Angeles continues to be pushed out of the city that we were born and raised in, our art and…
A grand jury in Mississippi declined to indict the White woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70…
Galveston, Texas–Juneteenth is now a federal holiday, but the day is particularly significant to the African-American people of Galveston, Texas. Juneteenth which is short…
John Henrik Clarke – The pioneer who made Africana Studies prominent in Academia Dr. John Henrik Clarke was a writer, professor and historian. During the 1960’s,…