Category: Racial Justice

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Maclin

Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin (born November 29, 1966)^[1] is an American actor, youth counselor, creative arts specialist, and gang intervention specialist. He portrayed a fictionalized version of himself in the 2023 film Sing Sing. His performance earned him nominations for Best Supporting Actor at the BAFTA Awards, Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, Gotham Awards, and Independent Spirit Awards. Additionally, Maclin is nominated for the 2025 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Reid

Joy-Ann M. Lomena-Reid (née Lomena; born December 8, 1968) is an American political commentator and television host.^[3][4] She was a national correspondent for MSNBC^[5] and is best known for hosting the political commentary program The ReidOut from 2020 to 2025. Her previous anchoring credits include The Reid Report (2014–2015) and AM Joy (2016–2020).^[6]

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/27/1152155481/meal-prep-made-easy

When Kevin Curry was growing up, he never had to think about cooking meals for himself. His parents were in charge of dinner.

As he got older, he realized, “Whoa. I have to feed myself. How do I do that?” he says. What’s more, he wanted to eat healthy food without spending hundreds of dollars a month eating out.

So Curry turned to meal prepping as a solution. It’s the concept of cooking food ahead of time to eat later. That can mean making meals on Sunday and eating the leftovers all week or prepping ingredients and freezing them to eat sometime in the future.

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https://www.npr.org/2025/02/24/nx-s1-5203031/abel-selaocoe-hymns-of-bantu

South African cellist Abel Selaocoe fosters dialogue across time and cultures in a new album

Strings and wood become harp and drum accompanying cellist Abel Selaocoe’s chants and throat singing in his new album Hymns of Bantu, out this month. It’s just one of the many ways he makes alchemy out of blended Western and African traditions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_James

Angela James OC^[1] (born December 22, 1964) is a Canadian former ice hockey player who played at the highest levels of senior hockey between 1980 and 2000. She was a member of numerous teams in the Central Ontario Women’s Hockey League (COWHL) from its founding in 1980 until 1998 and finished her career in the National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL). She was named her league’s most valuable player six times. James is also a certified referee in Canada, and a coach. She lives in Richmond Hill, Ontario.

https://teamevansville.com

Mayor Stephanie Terry, the 35th Mayor of Evansville, is the first woman and the first African American to serve in this position. Prior to being elected Mayor, Terry served on the Vanderburgh County Council and was the Executive Director of the Louis J. Koch Family Children’s Museum of Evansville (cMoe). Born and raised in Evansville, Mayor Terry is a proud graduate of Bosse High School and feels extremely blessed to lead the city that she loves. Mayor Terry and her administration aim to truly make Evansville a city that works for everyone.

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/24/834223765/roberta-flack-killing-me-softly-dead

Singer Roberta Flack, who broke through as one of the most important and beloved singers of the 1970s and beyond with a sound that combined soul, jazz, rock and pop, died Monday at the age of 88.

https://www.theaunties.farm/the-aunties-film

“The Aunties (film) shares the story of Black land stewards & culture bearers Donna Dear and Paulette Greene.

Told alongside the lands of The Underground Railroad, this historic tale also interweaves the indelible legacies of Harriet Tubman and Mt. Pleasant Acres Farms.”

https://www.bwiclafffest.com/2025-laff-fest

The 6th Annual Black Women in Comedy Laff Fest takes place over a herlarious (5) five-days featuring 25+ #FunnyBlackWomen during the historic Black History and Women History months. Our #comedic voices matter. From Moms Mabley, LaWanda Page, Whoopi Goldberg, black women have always found the funny!

https://www.wkrg.com/news/i-made-history-meet-the-first-african-american-female-eagle-scout-in-alabama

‘I made history’: Meet the First African-American female Eagle Scout in Alabama

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — In tonight’s What’s Working, a huge honor for a Murphy High School senior. Jakayla Armstrong of Troop 283 at Liberty Missionary Baptist Church has become the first African American female in the Mobile Area Council to achieve the Eagle Scout rank. This is the highest rank you can earn in the Boy Scouts of America. She is also the first African American female in the state of Alabama to achieve this honor.

Girls were allowed into the Boy Scouts back in 2019. Armstrong said she chuckled when Scoutmaster, and fellow choir member, Fred Young, suggested she join.