After Nearly 150 Years, HBCU Prairie View A&M Allows

22 Nov

Photo credit: Rena O. Productions In 1968, the nation’s first African American studies major was developed at San Francisco State University after an uproarious outcry from students and school. 54 years later, historically Black university Prairie View A&M University is following suit. In a news release, it was announced that the 146-year-old institution will offer students the choice to major or minor in African American studies starting this fall. “An element of the HBCU experience for a lot of students is a journey to self-identification, Blackness, and trying to know the Black experience higher,” said Director and Associate Professor of AAS Jeanelle Hope, Ph.D in a news release. “It [African American Studies] provides students with the language to know the world...

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29 Oct

Nicky Hilton Rothschild Sparkles in Purple Sequin Dress on

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Nicky Hilton Rothschild Sparkles in Purple Sequin Dress on

Nicky Hilton Rothschild Nicky Hilton Rothschild attended the American Ballet Theatre Gala on Oct. 27 in Recent York wearing a sparkling purple dress. To have a good time the dance institution’s annual fete, Hilton Rothschild wore a shiny purple long-sleeve sequin dress with feather trim cuffs by Recent Arrivals, an Istanbul, Turkey-based brand that launched in 2020 under creative director İlkyaz Özel. Nicky Hilton Rothschild attends the American Ballet Theatre’s fall gala on Oct. 27 in Recent York.Getty Images For shoes, she wore a pair of rhinestone sparkling cage-toe heeled sandals with a crisscross ankle strap. She accessorized with a single ring from Mazarin Paris and purple stone stud earrings. Nicky Hilton Rothschild attends the American Ballet Theatre’s fall gala on Oct. 27...

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17 Oct

A Timeline Of Black American Flags Throughout History –

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A Timeline Of Black American Flags Throughout History –

JASON CONNOLLY/AFP At its best, flags could be powerful symbols. Flags can represent pride, hope, resilience, history, and the long run. On the worst, they're symbols of hate and might incite fear and trigger trauma. Whatever the use, like language and culture, flags are a significant aspect to any group of individuals’s identity. Given the history of Black people in United States—ascending from chattel slavery to free Americans—the journey to establishing an identity for ourselves has been laborious. Because the Black identity is always changing, the icons that represent us have too. Here is the growing list of flags which have sewn the Black experience into the material of American history: 01 Pan-African flag — 1920 Created by Marcus Garvey in 1920, the Pan-African flag...

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12 Oct

High Schools Are Now Offering AP African American Studies.

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High Schools Are Now Offering AP African American Studies.

Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images Every February, a Black person is heard somewhere saying “we actually only get one month, THE SHORTEST MONTH, to show Black history??” February was chosen for a reason by the founding father of Black history week, Carter G. Woodson. The late historian is perhaps pleased that some high schools across the country have officially begun to show AP African American Studies for the primary time…and it’s for a couple of month. The College Board, the organization behind America’s Advanced Placement (AP) courses, launched a pilot program for 60 high schools to show AP African American Studies. Amid right wingers using Black history as a political football to win over (i.e. scare) their voters into supporting...

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