A study released on Monday found that Black content creators make significantly less money than their white counterparts, NBC News reports. Conducted by MSL U.S., in partnership with The Influencer League, “Time to Face the Influencer Pay Gap” examined several…
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Department of Justice Closes Further Investigation Into the Murder of Emmett Till
The federal investigation that re-examined the murder of Emmett Till was closed on Monday after the Justice Department failed to find any substantial evidence that a key figure in the case lied, the New York Times reports. Over 60 years…
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The Blacks of the 1960s: Black History from the Pages of EBONY
The Blacks of the 1960s Despite the victory of Brown v. Board of Education in the previous decade, most African-Americans in the ‘60s found themselves still bound by oppressive, segregated and unequal systems in not only schools but also hospitals, housing, the arts,…
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Black History from the Pages of EBONY: The African-Americans of the 1990s
Caught in a classic pose,, Sammy Davis Jr. glows in the spotlight he loved. Death of the world’s greatest entertainer brought an unprecedented national tribute which focused attention on his legacies. A longtime favorite of EBONY readers, he appeared on…
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Black History from the Pages of EBONY: African-Americans in the Obama Era
The African-Americans of the 2000s The decade that was predicted to begin with the Y2K disaster, the coding bug that would adversely affect every computer in the world, actually began with multiple spectacular global celebrations and not one wrinkle. The…
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The Afro-Americans of the 1970s: Black History from the Pages of EBONY
Black History EBONY chronicled Black History in real time, capturing contemporary attitudes about day-to-day issues affecting African-American community. Experience Black life from the perspective of the “Afro-American” of 1970 as we explore Black History from the pages of EBONY. By…
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Disrupting Racial and Ethnic Disparities 2.0: New Yorkers of Color Face Inequalities in Rx Costs and Many Other Areas
Older New Yorkers of color are more threatened by gentrification, more likely to skip prescription medications because of cost, more burdened by utility bills and more financially squeezed by the responsibilities of family caregiving than older White New Yorkers. That’s…
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Stop Dating Non-Black People Who Are Silent About Our Struggle
Black people are standing up and demanding to be seen and to matter in ways I have read about in history books but have never experienced in my lifetime. Whether we are talking about #themovementforblacklives or #sayhername, as a community…
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On This Day: We Celebrate the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Today, we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for his nonviolent resistance to racial prejudice and for putting his life on the line for racial equality and the advancement of African-Americans. Born Michael King Jr. on Jan. 15, 1929, the…
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Happy Founders’ Day to the Devastating Divas of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.!
Today, the Devastating Divas of Delta Sigma Theta are celebrating 107 years of sisterhood! The sorority was founded on Jan. 13, 1913, by 22 collegiate women at Howard University. The innovators wanted not only to use their collective strength to…
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