Kofi Boakye continues to impress crowds at the Apollo Theater in New York City. The Akron native and classically-trained pianist is moving on in the Amateur Night at the Apollo competition.
Juneteenth is the newest federal holiday, but that doesn’t mean the Black community wants to see Juneteenth ice cream, T-shirts and streamers sold on every aisle.
Here in Cleveland, you don’t have to go to a museum to see and experience art.You can walk out your door, look up and see it on the walls of buildings all around the city.
Charles Jackson and the other exonerees who will likely live in this house one day will have a place to heal, to fulfill their passions, and continue finding justice for themselves.
“Being African American living in my community and the life choices, lifestyle I was living it was acceptable for me to see prison in my future,” Charles Jackson said. “When I was locked up in prison and then I saw a whole different side of what life is because I was in prison for something I didn’t do.”
”My message is clear: to provide a diverse opportunity for all students. Only 2% of teachers are Black males but it’s more than that. It’s women in S.T.E.M., it’s men in their primary years. I want to make sure that an African-American history class and a race, gender and oppression class become normalized and not different,” said Kurt Russell.
"It’s a program of support, of celebration,” said LaDosha Wright. “We want to address and talk about hair discrimination, hair bullying, hair shaming."
On the walls of the Kent State University Museum, there’s a portrait called “Internal Battle.” The artist, Keturah Ariel, pondering the decision: natural hair or straightened?
Black Ohioans are more likely than their white counterparts to be arrested for marijuana-related crimes, even though people of both races use the drug at about the same rate, a 19 new analysis shows.
Selina Pagan and her team at the Young Latino Network were pushed to the brink last month as they participated in more than 30 events educating others on Latino culture.
Chief People and Inclusion Officers with the NBA said the social movements from the past few years mean teams can no longer remain isolated: “It’s forced us all to come to terms with what’s happening in the world around us.”
In the event you get pulled over by police, you press a button, and the app texts those people and sends them your exact location with a zoom link that gives them a live look at what’s happening.
The Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, known as MOCA Cleveland, is doing something bold to build racial equity and bring artists of color and their creations into the spotlight.
Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States and is a celebration of emancipation and freedom for the Black community. Celebrations are happening across the country.
Edwins Leadership and Restaurant Institute, an organization that helps those formerly incarcerated, has seen a 60 enrollment increase and is now expanding to facilities all over the country with the use of closed circuit tablets.
In June of 2020, the city of Cleveland declared racism a public health crisis. City Councilman Blaine Griffin introduced the resolution. Aside from formally declaring racism a public health crisis, the resolution also created a working group to promote racial equality.
The Ohio Black Legislative Caucus and a number of Black faith leaders held a virtual news conference on Tuesday to announce that the abolition of the death penalty is now a top priority for the group.
Minority-owned businesses have been selected by the NFL to participate as vendors in the NFL Draft in Cleveland, through the league's Business Connect initiative.
Radhika Reddy immigrated in 1989 from India. Currently, she’s a successful Entrepreneur and a founding partner at Ariel ventures that serve as a banquet center.
You can access a list of recommended reads from the members of the library’s Cultural Diversity Resource to help deepen our understanding of the Asian American and immigrant experience.
Traditionally, people who give large sums of money for the common good have been called philanthropists. Therein lies the problem: being defined by one standard and not always giving credit where credit is due.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine was in East Cleveland on Wednesday morning to announce the expansion of a broadband initiative that will impact hundreds of residents in underserved communities.
A lot of people remember the housing and financial crisis of the mid-2000s. The devastation was widespread. Predominately Black neighborhoods have lagged when it comes to recovery.
