Behind the Summit. Bringing the summit to life required months of intentional preparation. Samiya Green, Program Manager for the Lenfest Institute, explained that organizing the 2025 summit involved ...

France’s Legislative Shift. On 28 April 2025, the French Senate unanimously adopted a bill in first reading to permit the return of the Djidji Ayokwê drum, seized in 1916 and restored by the Quai ...

According to the German data gathering and visualization platform Statista “In 2023, travel and tourism contributed 6.8 percent to Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP), up from 5.9 percent in the ...

In the post‐World War II period, the intellectual labor commenced in 1919 found new life among the emerging African nationalist movements. By 1963, the Organization of African Unity (OAU) was founded ...

Who We Are. FunTimes was established in 1992 (30 years ago) in Monrovia, Liberia and began operations in Philadelphia, PA over ten years. The magazine is the trusted information source for the African ...

The 50th anniversary is a testament to ODUNDE’s enduring impact. This festival, held each year on the second Sunday in June, is a homecoming for Philadelphia’s African-American community, transforming ...

HBCU Students: This Is For You… Friday, May 30 & Saturday, May 31, 2025. HBCU students, graduates, and Black student union alumni, this late-night shindig might catch your eye: Party hardy at Welcome ...

Sheila Johnson; Co-founder of BET and the first Black woman billionaire in America (before Oprah hit 10-figure status), Sheila Johnson is big-time brilliant. While her ex-husband, Bob Johnson, often ...

Marking Malcolm X’s 100th birthday, this article explores his transformation from Nation of Islam leader to global human rights advocate. It examines his lasting influence on movements like Black ...

Seventy-one years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a seismic ruling in Brown v. Board of Education (1954), declaring state-sponsored segregation in public schools unconstitutional. That decision, ...

Freelance Writing & Content Creation. Content writing remains one of the most popular freelancer occupations in the U.S., with writers averaging an annual income of $68,947, or about $33 per hour, ...

In 2022, the median weekly wage for Black employees was $878 compared to $1,085 for White employees among full-time workers. The wide gender pay gap is much worse: Black women only earned 70% of what ...