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Workplace diversity training programs are everywhere, but their effectiveness varies widely

Yekaterina Bezrukova, University at Buffalo Despite recent efforts...

Springfield City Councilor Lavar Click-Bruce to File SNAP City Council Resolve

Springfield City Councilor Lavar Click-Bruce announced his...

New Jersey Black Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison For Fatally Punching Racist Who Called Him N-Word

Nationwide — Anthony Collins, a 41-year-old African American...

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Workplace diversity training programs are everywhere, but their effectiveness varies widely

Yekaterina Bezrukova, University at Buffalo Despite recent efforts to restrict them, diversity training programs have become as ubiquitous in American offices as the water cooler. They’re everywhere. But our recent update...

Review of Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black

Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black attempts to add another layer to his portfolio of...

New Age of Heroes Comics Convention Rescheduled for Summer 2025, Promising an Unforgettable Experience

Springfield, MA — The New Age of Heroes Comics Convention, initially scheduled for November...

Boys & Girls Club Family Center to Host Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner in Springfield

Springfield, MA – On Sunday, November 17, 2024, from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm,...

Over 100 Black Students and Youth Leaders to Convene for National Reparations Summit in Atlanta

The National Reparations Institute is set to host its fourth annual National N’Daba (Great...

SALSA SAL PA’ FUERA Latino Cultural Annual Events returns to Riverfront Park

SPRINGFIELD, MASS. – Sunday, July 24th. 2022 from 4 pm-9 pm Salsa Sal Pa' Fuera Cultural Annual Events recognizes that Springfield’s’ rich Diversity includes 52% of the...

News From Africa to the Caribbean

News Shorts You Will Not See Anywhere Else Cameroon: Soldiers free senator held hostage by Anglophone separatists Soldiers freed several hostages in western Cameroon, including a...

THE GULLAH: Rice, Slavery, and the Sierra Leone-American Connection

Written By Joseph A. Opala The Gullah people are the descendants of the slaves who worked on the rice plantations in South Carolina and Georgia.  They...

The Prosser Files by Marlene Prosser

Ohana Hussle owned by Shanika Shanika was born in Holyoke. She obtained her high school diploma through a non-traditional program and moved forward with her...

Get Familiar With: PAHMUSA

The Pan-African Historical Museum One of Springfield’s best-kept secrets and a historical treasure trove is affectionately referred to by its acronym: PAHMUSA.  LaJuana Hood (b.1954) who...

African American history you probably weren’t taught in school

Historians estimate that one in four cowboys in the US were black. In 2015, a study from the National Museum of African American History...

News From Africa to the Caribbean

DRC: War in Ukraine sparks food-security fears News Shorts You Will Not See Anywhere Else Rising prices driven by the Ukraine crises have stoked fear of...

News From Africa to the Caribbean

Kenya's ruling party joins opposition coalition for presidency bid. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday said his party had joined an opposition coalition ahead of...

“He is a Diplomatic Threat”: Kenyans in Diaspora Say Ahead of William Ruto’s Tour of the US and UK

Kenyans in the diaspora have expressed reservations about Deputy President William Ruto’s 10-day visit to the US and UK. Through a statement, Kenya Diaspora Alliance...

The silent slaughter

During World War II, hundreds of children were born to Italian women and African-American soldiers in Italy. Many were abandoned, and many have died....

Playwright Iyaba Ibo Mandingo Returns to Springfield with Award-Winning Stageplay SELF PORTRAIT: unFRAMED

Meet Iyaba Ibo Mandingo, formerly Kenny Athel George DeCruise – painter, poet, husband, father, son, and undocumented immigrant from Antigua.  At the age of...

News From Africa to the Caribbean

Court Allows Kenyans in the Diaspora to Use IDs to Register as Voters News Shorts You Will Not See Anywhere Else A Nairobi court has ordered...

Amazon Best Selling Author Antoine Bandele Takes Readers to New But Familiar Places in African and African American  Literature 

Antoine Bandele was born and raised in Los Angeles, though he spent one year in Fort Lewis near Tacoma, Washington while his father served...

In Africa, Rescuing the Languages that Western Tech Ignores

By Matt O’Brien and Chinedu Asadu Associated Press Computers have become amazingly precise at translating spoken words into text messages and scouring huge troves of information...

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