I remembered this experience vividly as I read Imani Perry’s new book, Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People, which collects personal anecdotes, local and regional vignettes, and ...

In the midst of despair, Garvey found a way to lift the spirits of urban folk by nurturing an affirming statement of Black pride and achievement. His organization, the Universal Negro Improvement ...

She found indigo on the knife of the woman who trained Jean-Jacques Dessalines, the first Haitian emperor, in combat. Hunters and riflewomen in the West African kingdom of Dahomey wore blue shorts and ...

domestic violence, dismissed, assault, dismissed. Jesdon Dessalines, 32, of 1610 Heard Ave., OVI, guilty, 90 days of jail with 87 days suspended, 3 days credit for time served, 12 months of ...

He adapted the military uniform of Jean Jacques Dessalines — the first leader of an independent Black republic — to create a spectacle of sovereignty. When UNIA anointed Garvey as the ...

It is not enough to have expelled the barbarians who have bloodied our land for two centuries; it is not enough to have restrained those ever-evolving factions that one after another mocked the ...

Following its 12th consecutive Centennial Conference Championship, the Johns Hopkins men's track and field team had several athletes garner All-Conference ...