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23/10/2025

One of the most beautiful things about Black culture is our expression. These two Black sayings have carried us for generations. Here’s how we use them right now.

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22/10/2025

Houston-bred rapper Monaleo created a new anthem for the culture, highlighting these four Black spiritualisms, which many of us practice daily without realizing. Here’s what they mean.

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Hoodoo is an herbal-based ancestral system of healing. Anti-Blackness condemned Hoodoo, forcing Hoodoos to hide in plain s...

22/10/2025

It sounded too good to be true: Black students across the South getting full college tuition scholarships, courtesy of their state. There had to be a catch… right?

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In 1921, Missouri designed a scholarship program for Black college students, and after eight years of dragging its feet, that program was implemented. Most Southern states adopted this program, but not out of generosity.

21/10/2025

Trump says that deploying the National Guard will “help” our communities, but history shows their presence is rarely about protection — and often about control. Here’s why.

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Again and again, history shows us a pattern: When Black communities gather in joy, protest, or solidarity, the military is often deployed. But protection has rarely been the result.

21/10/2025

One of the most beautiful things about Black culture is our expression. These two Black sayings have carried us for generations. Here's how we use them right now.

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“Stay Black And Die”: We've been saying "I don't gotta do nothing but stay Black and die" forever. The line comes from Langston Hughes's 1930 poem "Ne...

20/10/2025

Boston has always called itself the “cradle of liberty,” but that cradle was built by enslaved Black labor.

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Boston’s Freedom Trail is one of the city’s biggest attractions, a red brick path that connects 16 landmarks in the city’s role in the American Revolution. Now, “Unbound,” a 14-foot

17/10/2025

Police claimed he had a gun and killed him for running away from them. Given the constant danger of anti-Black police violence, it was natural to run. And running away shouldn’t have marked him for murder by the police.

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In August 2024, a fleeing teenager was shot and killed by police in a southwest Baltimore neighborhood. Accordi...

17/10/2025

What do a Marvel superhero, a Black Power organization, and a World War II tank battalion have in common?

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Long before Wakanda or the raised fists of the Black Power movement, the 761st Tank Battalion wore

16/10/2025

Sixteen years. That’s how long Arvel Marshall spent in prison for murder after begging everyone to simply play the surveillance footage that would clear his name. Now he’s free, vindicated by that same video. But who—or what— will pay for his lost time?

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📌We all know schools aren’t teaching Black history correctly. That’s why PushBlack is so important! But now we are in danger. Without your support, we won’t be able to continue to bring you accurate, empowering Black history content.
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16/10/2025

They call her a domestic terrorist. A killer. A threat. But we see her far differently, as a change agent, a freedom fighter, and a demander of racial justice. Here’s the truth they won’t tell you about Assata Shakur.

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They called her a domestic terrorist. A killer. A threat. But we remember her differently: as a change agent, a freedom fighter, a voice that unapologetically demanded justice. Here’s the truth they won’t tell you about A...

16/10/2025

D’Angelo passed away at 51 years old, but his music and words of love to Blackness are timeless. Here are three ways the neo soul pioneer made us love who we are.

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📌We all know schools aren’t teaching Black history correctly. That’s why PushBlack is so important! But now we are in danger. Without your support, we won’t be able to continue to bring you accurate, empowering Black history content.
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16/10/2025

Trump claims Tylenol is linked to autism. It's not. But another household staple manufactured by Johnson & Johnson could've been deliberately targeting Black women for generations.

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Via Unsplash Briona Lamback October 3, 2025 A 2021 lawsuit filed by the National Council of Negro Women alleged that pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson specifically marketed its talcum products to Black women despite evidence of a link to cancer. Janice Mathis, then the executive director of the...