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Descendants of Black scientist and astronomer Benjamin Banneker: Rachel Jamision Webster, rear left, author of "Benjamin Banneker and Us: Eleven Generations of An American Family," with cousins and fellow descendants Robert Lett, Edie Lee Harris, and Gwen Marable, who collaborated with Webster on the book. Photo credit: Rachel Jamison Webster

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FIRST PERSON: Benjamin Banneker, my ancestor and a Black astronomer, predicted the 1789 eclipse

April 7, 2024
By Rachel Jamison Webster
Special to NABJ Black News & Views

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Griffith J. Davis, left, and Langston Hughes, right, reading Ebony at Hughes' Morehouse College faculty apartment in 1947. Photo credit: Griffith J. Davis Photographs and Archives

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WATCH: Groundbreaking exhibit traces unique friendship between photographer Griffith Davis and poet Langston Hughes

April 2, 2024
By Allison J. Davis
NABJ Black News & Views

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Louis Gossett Jr., award-winning actor in ‘Roots’ and ‘An Officer and a Gentleman,’ dies at 87

March 29, 2024
By The Wall Street Journal
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This cover image released by Parkwood/Columbia/Sony shows “Act ll: Cowboy Carter” by Beyonce. Photo credit: Parkwood/Columbia/Sony via The Associated Press

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Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ reinforces her dedication to Black reclamation — and country music

March 29, 2024
By The Associated Press
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Black women directors to watch in 2024.

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THEY RUN THE SHOW: Black women directors to watch in 2024

March 29, 2024
By Carla Hay
NABJ Black News & Views

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The public artwork “Shadow Lines,” by artists Shane Allbritton and Norman Lee, will be dedicated March 26 at Martyrs Park, located just west of the Sixth Floor Museum in downtown Dallas. Photo credit: Juan Figueroa, Texas Metro News

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PERSPECTIVE: Dallas memorializes lynching site near spot of Kennedy assassination

March 25, 2024
By Sharon Grigsby
Texas Metro News

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