Good Black News
Happy Music Monday, you all. It’s a friend and selector, Marlon again. The upcoming U.S. release this Friday, October 11 of PIECE BY PIECE, the animated biopic/documentary/musical about prolific producer/artist Pharrell Williams, served as a nice reminder of just how much work and influence Williams has had from the 1990s to the present.. Veteran documentary director Morgan Neville crafted a ...
About - Good Black News
Good Black News was founded on March 18, 2010 via Facebook (see the detailed story in our About The Editors sidebar) and is currently expanding to have a larger web presence. You can find us here at goodblacknews.org, on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, Linked In, YouTube and Flipboard.GBN is a labor of love, and our Founder/Editor-In-Chief (Lori Lakin Hutcherson) and staff are ...
News – Good Black News
Jun 14, 2016 · The College Board has announced it will begin offering an Advanced Placement (AP) African American Studies course at 60 high schools across the U.S. this fall.. The AP program, which traditionally gives high school students an opportunity to take college-level courses before graduation, currently covers 38 subjects, including U.S. government and politics, biology, chemistry, English, European ...
Fourteen Years Ago Today: Good Black News Was Founded
Mar 19, 2024 · Every year on March 18, Good Black News celebrates the day of its founding.We continue that tradition today, fourteen years after GBN’s inception. Even though the last two years have been challenging (details here), and changes in how people consume content (eg.TikTok, IG, IG Stories, Reels) have led to way fewer postings on the main goodblacknews.org site, we are still exceedingly proud of ...
“Dear Lori” – Good Black News
Feb 10, 2022 · Lori Lakin Hutcherson, Good Black News Editor-in-Chief. Whelp, I feel like I need to start this post with a re-boot. When I first wrote “Dear Lori” in September 2020, the idea was to make it a semi-regular feature where I answered some of the myriad questions I’ve received over the years about race and systemic racism. (If inclined, you …
Education – Good Black News
Jul 10, 2023 · This week, Apple announced its Racial Equity and Justice Initiative (REJI), a long-term global effort to advance equity and expand opportunities for Black, Hispanic/Latinx, and Indigenous communities, has more than doubled its initial financial commitment to total more than $200 million over the last three years.. Since launching REJI in June 2020, Apple has supported education, economic ...
U.S. – Good Black News
Happy Music Monday, you all. It’s a friend and selector, Marlon again. The upcoming U.S. release this Friday, October 11 of PIECE BY PIECE, the animated biopic/documentary/musical about prolific producer/artist Pharrell Williams, served as a nice reminder of just how much work and influence Williams has had from the 1990s to the present.. Veteran documentary director Morgan Neville crafted a ...
African-American Firsts – Good Black News
Sep 1, 2023 · by Lori Lakin Hutcherson, GBN founder and Editor-in-Chief. Well, here we are, once again. Forty seven years after February was officially recognized by the U.S. government as Black History Month, and ninety seven years after Negro History Week was founded by Carter G. Woodson, “The Father of Black History.”. We are also, once again, deeply distressed by the murder of a young Black person ...
Adults – Good Black News
This week, Apple announced its Racial Equity and Justice Initiative (REJI), a long-term global effort to advance equity and expand opportunities for Black, Hispanic/Latinx, and Indigenous communities, has more than doubled its initial financial commitment to total more than $200 million over the last three years.. Since launching REJI in June 2020, Apple has supported education, economic ...
About The Editors – Good Black News
Lori Lakin Hutcherson Good Black News Founder and Editor-In-Chief. Although I work primarily in television and film, I started Good Black News a few years ago after a conversation with noted author Terry McMillan.She told me about a school for Black males where 100% of the seniors matriculated to college, but couldn’t find the story on any major news site.