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Find Better Jobs and Career Opportunities Online

The way people find work is changing. For decades, finding a job largely meant searching newspaper advertisements, visiting company offices, contacting recruitment agencies or submitting a résumé...

Before MLK, There Was Ella Baker: Why the Most Powerful Civil Rights Strategist Chose to Remain Invisible

Martin Luther King Jr. was 26 when the Montgomery bus boycott made him a national figure. Ella Baker was 52. She had already spent years traveling through the South for the NAACP, recruiting members...

A Chronological Timeline of Major Milestones in Civil Rights Law, 1954–1968

Fourteen years separated Brown v. Board of Education from Green v. County School Board. In one sense, that seems extraordinary. The Supreme Court had ruled segregated public schools unconstitutional...

The History and Evolution of Historically Black Colleges and Universities

The first Historically Black Colleges and Universities did not set out to offer a different version of American higher education. They opened because most colleges would not admit Black students...

The Foods that Tell the Stories of Black America

Food can tell you where people came from, what they survived, what they had access to, what they refused to forget and what they turned into something of their own. That is especially true in Black...

10 Black-American Billionaires Who Came from Nothing

Ten billionaires. Ten completely different careers. Yet nearly every one of them became wealthy using the same principle: ownership. As of late July 2026, Forbes puts the combined net worth of these...

Detroit’s Concert of Colors Returns to Celebrate Global Sounds and the African Diaspora

Detroit’s annual Concert of Colors is back, bringing artists, cultures, and communities together while honoring the late founder Ismael Ahmed. This free five-day festival will celebrate global...

Colorado Black Arts Festival Marks 40 Years of Celebrating Black Creativity and Culture

Detroit’s African World Festival will return to Hart Plaza from July 10 to July 12, 2026. This festival is one of the city’s most significant cultural events along the riverfront. Presented by the...

Detroit’s African World Festival Returns With Protoje, Shanice, and a Powerful Celebration of Black Culture

Detroit’s African World Festival will return to Hart Plaza from July 10 to July 12, 2026. This festival is one of the city’s most significant cultural events along the riverfront. Presented by the...