Black Voices: Free the coils
IU senior Deja Bush walked into her stress and resilience class with a different hairstyle her peers were not used to seeing, a natural hair puff — an updo commonly worn by people with Afro-textured hair.
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IU senior Deja Bush walked into her stress and resilience class with a different hairstyle her peers were not used to seeing, a natural hair puff — an updo commonly worn by people with Afro-textured hair.
Chants from professors and students of the University of Kent in Canterbury, England, could be heard throughout campus as they marched to the Registry building Dec. 2. Posters and picket signs with statements such as “We are at Breaking Point” and “Solidarity with our staff” were raised toward the sky, marking day two of a three-day strike.
Sand-dried Egyptian mummies, human bone replications, pieces of hair plaits and the Rosetta Stone fill display cases in the British Museum. Downstairs in the African exhibit, the Benin Bronzes — a group of decorative plaques and commemorative heads of human figures and animals made of ivory, leather, coral and wood — are on display for people to view. While astounding to the eye, these artifacts have caused a lot of controversial discussions.
Descending down the British Museum’s stairs toward the African exhibit, the walls display colorful tapestries and paintings. Through the glass doors, visitors get a glimpse of some of the greatest African empire’s artifacts.
Rubble surrounded the Haitian people as dust and debris smeared their skin and clothes. The people from the hard-hit cities of Les Cayes and Jeremie looked at their surroundings to see that some of the previously rebuilt houses came down again.
In the summer of 1963 in Cambridge, Maryland, Gloria Richardson stood among a crowd of Black people as she pushed a National Guard’s bayonet out of the way and determinedly continued on her path.
Bright orange locks of hair flow in the wind as track star Sha’Carri Richardson runs toward the finish line on June 19. It took the 21-year-old 10.86 seconds to sprint 100-meters in the U.S. Olympic track and field trials. After taking first place in the event, she took to the stands to celebrate her win with her grandmother.
Northern white rhinos are one of the oldest groups of mammals in the world. With their thick-gray skin, wide stature and two horns resting vertically on their snout, it is easily understandable why they have survived for millions of years. Their alarming appearance alerts other wildlife to stay away.
Naomi Osaka, the world’s No. 2 female tennis player, has withdrawn from the 2021 French Open, a major two-week tennis tournament held in Paris. She announced her withdrawal a day after she was fined $15,000 and threatened to be disqualified for not speaking to the press.
Since March, many Black women decided to cut their natural hair short.
“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal,” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said during his 1963 I Have a Dream speech.