Day: July 26, 2014

  • I get it. Being mixed race in a mono-racial society is tough. There still isn’t much room for multiplicity in our society. From race categories on forms, to Barack Obama being called the first “Black” president even as he was raised by his white grandparents, to people asking a mixed race person “what are you?”…

  • The journalistic survey, and monographic studies of Obama have been joined by some important anthologies. One of the first notable anthologies written about race and Obama was edited by historian and political scientist Manning Marable and civil rights attorney Kristen Clarke. This volume, entitled Barack Obama and African American Empowerment: The Rise of Black Americas…

  • At last, a home for black history The Guardian 2014-07-23 Paul Reid, Director Black Cultural Archives The launch of the Black Cultural Archives will show that our presence in the UK is measured in millennia, not decades I remember the time I got caned at school. It was the 1970s, and during a history lesson…