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ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Influential Black Americans nominated these these trailblazers. By GMA Teamvia • 141 min read ABC News Photo Illustration Black History Month has become a time-honored tradition since it was first conceptualized as "Negro History Week" in 1925 by Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), and first celebrated in 1926. In 1976, honoring the heritage of Black Americans became a month-long celebration, officially recognized in the United States by President Gerald R. F...

Read time: 10 mins By Sharon Kelly • Monday, December 28, 2020 - 06:00 At the start of December 2020, U.N. Secretary General António Guterres spoke at Columbia University, appearing not before a packed auditorium as in years past, but before a “virtual” audience, making his annual State of the Planet address. “To put it simply,” he said, “the state of the planet is broken.” “Today, we are at 1.2 degrees of warming and already witnessing unprecedented climate extremes and volatility in every region and on every continent,�...

Lifting Black Voices: 5 Leaders Awarded Grants To Help Tackle Racial Disparities In Brooklyn The recipients of the grant. (Alford, top left; Dr. Blackstock, bottom left; Dr. Johnson, middle; Kalam Id-Din II, top right; and Smith, bottom right) BARCLAYS CENTER – Five Black Brooklyn community leaders are the first recipients of the Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation Social Justice Fund, which aims to support social justice and equality initiatives that benefit Black people, Indigenous people, and people of color. The recipients are Brooklynites who have devoted their lives to tackling racial dispa...

There is dismay at the news that the iconic helter skelter is being removed. Picture: Geograph, Chris Andrews licensed for reuse under Creative Commons An iconic piece of play equipment that has served generations of children at Goodwick Parrog is being removed this week. The Western Telegraph understands that the lighthouse helter skelter slide outside the Ocean Lab is being taken away today (Tuesday) after a price of £10,000 was quoted to repair it. The news has left local families up in arms, both with the fact that no consultation took place on the future of the slide and that such...

Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis  A virtual conversation with Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson  Thursday, February 11, 7:00-8:30 pm  The Creative Justice Institute and Climate Stories Collaborative are thrilled to bring an inspiring voice to our campus this spring—Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. Dr. Johnson is a leading voice in the climate conversation and co-editor of the new anthology  The climate crisis is an enormous tangle of problems, born of and amplifying injustices, including racial injustices. The daily news on these problems can cause feelings of overwhelm, so w...