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Quincy Jones Orchestrated the Sound of America Jones, who died at 91, erased boundaries, connected worlds and embraced delight. As a producer, he coaxed ingenuity from his players and singers. nytimes.com/2024/11/04/art…

Harriet Tubman awarded posthumous rank of general on Veterans Day | Maryland | The Guardian theguardian.com/us-news/2024/n…

Hunter College will host legendary poet and alumna Sonia Sanchez ’55 on December 9 to celebrate her extraordinary career and recent 90th birthday. hunter.cuny.edu/news/hunter-co…

Nikki Giovanni, Poet Who Wrote of Black Joy, Dies at 81~ Ms. Giovanni tackled race, gender, sex, politics and love. She was a celebrity poet and public intellectual who appeared on television and toured the country. nytimes.com/2024/12/09/obi…

Sonia Sanchez, a 1955 graduate of Hunter College, returned to her alma mater to spend the day visiting students in classes, and the evening being honored for her contributions to literature, higher education, and the world at large. bit.ly/4ficFYN

The Graduate Center community is deeply saddened by the death of Professor Emeritus William E. Cross Jr. (Psychology) who developed groundbreaking and influential theories of Black identity development. He died on December 5. He was 84. gc.cuny.edu/news/memoriam-…

Marcus Mosiah Garvey was posthumously pardoned by President Biden in 1 of the most powerful exercises of clemency in U.S. history. Garvey, father of the Pan-Africanist movement, civil & human rts leader, entrepreneur & global icon symbolizes Black liberation & self-determination.

Kimberlé Crenshaw emphasizes why the current attacks on diversity, equity & inclusion aren’t new, “Just like the fire seemed like the devastation came from nowhere, & they might think that what we're looking at right now came from nowhere. The conditions have been set for years.”

Trump's order to curtail birthright citizenship is part of the long history of 'alien citizenship' in the US blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2025…

How Toni Morrison’s characters modeled womanhood and confinement in their dress theguardian.com/books/2025/jan…

Historian Dr. Carter G. Woodson created #BHM to bring awareness to the contributions of African Americans and chose February as Negro History Week in 1926 to coincide with the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. The week became #BlackHistoryMonth in 1976. #BHM

Amid Trump’s Anti-Diversity Effort, Black History Month Takes on New Meaning~ Feb. 1 marks the first day of Black History Month, and suddenly the study of the Black experience may feel like an act of defiance. nytimes.com/2025/02/01/us/…

The brilliant scholar-activist here & there. then & now speaking today on "What Do the Children Need to Hear Right Now" which draws from his recent bookThere's A Disco Ball Between US: A Theory of Black Gay Life. @hunter_college HunterAFPRL #BlackHistoryMonth

Celebrating the 91st birthday of the literary giant #AudreLorde with the brilliant @alexispauline discussing her timely and powerful book “Survival is a Promise”—in conversation with Mecca Jamilah Sullivan about Lorde’s eternal impact. Roosevelt House @hunter_college

Educators Sue to Challenge Trump Administration's Efforts to Weaponize Civil Rights Laws, Attack Educational Programs and Student Opportunities - Democracy Forward democracyforward.org/updates/challe…

The US Postal Service helped build the Black middle class. Trump could end that legacy | US Postal Service | The Guardian theguardian.com/business/2025/…

Columbia University Launches Groundbreaking PhD Program in African American and African Diaspora Studies | GSAS gsas.columbia.edu/news/columbia-…

Malcolm X would’ve been 100 today. To mark the occasion, BBC History Magazine asked me to write about the women who shaped his life and his fight for Black liberation.

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, giant of African literature, dies aged 87 | Ngugi wa Thiong'o | The Guardian theguardian.com/books/2025/may…

Juneteenth is the most widely known US emancipation celebration – but it’s not the only one theguardian.com/news/2025/jun/…