It’s not even February yet and we already have three new inductees in the 2013 class of “African-American Firsts.” First, we have 22-year-old Michael Tubbs who recently became the youngest elected city councilman in his hometown of Stockton, CA. He began is campaign while he was still student at Stanford University, where he earned a…
The Washington Post’s new short film series, BrotherSpeak, debuted its latest offering today, a six-minute documentary in which an all-black cast of men discuss their views on love. Participants include Rev. Frank Reid, Rev. Tony Lee, journalist Jonathan Capehart, and rapper Asheru. The segment, produced by theologian and Urban Cusp founder Rahiel Tesfamariam, tackles a…
On September 25, 1962, James Meredith, became the first African American student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Five days later, riots erupted and two people died and 200 others were injured. Fifty years later, Ole Miss has crowned its first African-American homecoming queen. “I am still in shock, but I am definitely very…
