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United States: H.R. 40 Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act America: Slavery and Jim Crow Introduced: Jan 6, 2015 Status: Referred to Committee on Jan 6, 2015 This bill was assigned to a congressional committee on January 6, 2015, which will consider it before possibly sending it on to the House or Senate […]

Movie honoring Katherine Johnson and the African American women of NASA – “Hidden Figures” NASA Katherine Johnson was born in 1918 in the little town of White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia, Johnson was a research mathematician, who by her own admission, was simply fascinated by numbers. Fascinated by numbers and smart to boot, for by […]

United Kingdom: Reparations march Evening Standard UK Roads were closed off on 1 August 2016 as hundreds marched from Brixton to Parliament Square calling for reparations to be made for slavery. The Afrikan Emancipation Day Reparations March is part of a campaign calling for amends to be made for enslavement endured by generations of African […]

Update on Eko Atlantic-in the City of Lagos Don’t let the media fool you. Nigeria is on the rise. Rising off the coast of the City of Lagos, on land reclaimed from the Atlantic Ocean, stands Eko Atlantic: a future 21st century city providing vital real estate for people to live and work in what […]

Three African states to join pan-African trade insurer Xinhua NAIROBI- Zimbabwe, Ethiopia and Ivory Coast are expected to join the Africa Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) by the end of September, officials said on Wednesday. ATI CEO George Otieno told a media briefing in the Kenyan capital Nairobi that Zimbabwe, Ethiopia and Ivory Coast were all […]

African Union set to launch e-Passport at July Summit in Rwanda African Union ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – 13 June 2016: The African Union (AU) is prepared to launch the electronic passport (e-Passport) at the next AU Summit tabled to take place in Kigali, Rwanda, in July 2016. This flagship project, first agreed upon in 2014, […]

Johnson Publishing sells Ebony, Jet magazines Associated Press CHICAGO— Ebony and Jet magazines, which have chronicled African-American life for the past 71 years, have been sold to an Austin, Texas-based private equity firm. Johnson Publishing Co. announced June 14 that Ebony and digital-only Jet were sold to Clear View Group but didn’t disclose the sale […]

Historical Flashback: Marriages of enslaved Africans in the United States Dilemma X takes this time to reflect on the institution of marriage during the time of the enslavement of Africans in the United States of America. Historical newspaper articles reflect the conversations that were taking place across this nation. First, reflect on the time period […]

ROOTS at the White House The White House hosted a day-long exploration of how we find our American stories along with a screening of History Channel’s “Roots”. The cast and producers from HISTORY’s event series “Roots” – including Academy Award® winner Forest Whitaker, Tony Award® winner Anika Noni Rose, Malachi Kirby, Co-Executive Producer and original […]

South Africa: Mall of Africa opens for business One of the continent of Africa’s largest malls outside Johannesburg Atterbury Property Holdings WATERFALL, GAUTENG (SOUTH AFRICA) – The iconic Mall of Africa today opens its doors for business in Waterfall City. The 131,038sqm (1,410,481.29 SF) mall marks the largest first phase completion of a mall ever […]