John William Templeton gives the context of the abolitionists who are behind the murals of the Room of the Dons in the Mark Hopkins Intercontinental Hotel as he marks the anniversary of the dedication of what was called the greatest work of public art since Michaelangelo

The deadliest mass casualty event of the 20th century has continuing implications for today as historian John William Templeton and political scientist Dr. James Lance Taylor previewed their discussion with participants Capt. Yulanda Williams and Dr. Amos C. Brown as they recalled the tragedy of Nov. 18, 1978 which took the lives of 300 mostly Black children, some with throats slit by their own mother.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams returned to his home neighborhood to applaud Brownsville for a 73 percent reduction in shootings and 17 percent reduction in crime and a multi-agency effort will work with Central Brooklyn Economic Development Corp. and our partners in the Brownsville Hub Cooperative to bring career and entrepreneurship services directly to residents. This is a great payoff for the $1.3 million economic mobility grant we received from Robinhood Foundation.

Get your exclusive signed copy of Our Roots Run Deep: the Black Experience in California, Vols. 1-4 in time for the anniversary of the unveiling of the Room of the Dons murals in the Mark Hopkins Hotel on Nob Hill in San Francisco. The larger moral is that our value is often hidden right in front of us in places where we wouldn't imagine.

From 1872 to 1876, Mississippi and South Carolina had African-American speakers of the state legislature, but never again since. Tuesday's elections meant Virginia's House of Delegates will have a Black speaker in the oldest legislature in the country, along with five other states. Additionally, five of the six largest cities will have Black mayors. How do we prevent a reversal?

The premise of artificial intelligence, that everything can be predicted and scripted, is the antithesis of the field independent nature of the cultures of the people of Africa (and most of the rest of the world). The November Journal of Black Innovation discusses the profound risk of giving up our competitive advantage for the latest fad in technology as publisher John William Templeton explains in today's episode of The Promised Land.

With other nations competing to do business with Africa, the United States is scrambling to undo the damage to relations created during the Trump administration and create more opportunities for small businesses and workers. We asked Deputy Secretary Don Graves about those plans during a press briefing on the second day of the African Growth and Opportunity Act Forum in South Africa.

The new middle passage, as Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley described it, must involve a new relationship between oil producing and oil importing nations, based on equality of value chains and respect for the earning power of those who toil in the industry. We connect ACTIF2023 with Justice Week

First, we have to discern how the largest mass casualty event in American history to that point impacted our sense of progress. Guyana is now reaching out to invite the world.

The renewal of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act is a reason to be engaged in the political process of shaping mutually beneficial trade with the fastest growing trade bloc in the world to the progress of the African-American economy.