“France And The Modern Day Scramble For Africa” and other Tweeted Links…
France And The Modern Day Scramble For Africa [blackstarnews.com]
8 Facts About the History of the French Imposed Black Codes and Their Impact on Race In Louisiana [atlantablackstar.com]
Namibia: A Segregated Country Where Old Nazi Ideology Persists [africanglobe.net] via @AFRICANGLOBE_
the term “micro-aggression” arguably descends from the 1980s, Black-studies term “petty apartheid”---the latter term is quite nerdy
“a world without Black people” is an ecosystem without homo sapiens -the actual science is Blacker than the politics
Being black in Colombia: A daily confrontation with racial invisibility [blavity.com]
Ugandan engineer builds Africa first solar powered passenger bus [wp.me] via @Musamba29
Archibald Alphonso Alexander: African American Design and Construction Genius [blackthen.com]
Watch Sneak Peek: 'Floyd Norman - An Animated Life' (Doc on 1st Black Animator to Work for Disney) [blogs.indiewire.com]
Twitter Nerd-Fight Reveals a Long, Bizarre Scientific Feud [feeds.wired.com]
'Fame and fortune should not be our children's only ambitions in life' [telegraph.feedsportal.com]
The Watts Rebellion: One of the Deadliest Race Riots in U.S. History [blackthen.com]
Alice Allison Dunnigan: Pioneering Journalist and Reporter [blackthen.com]
Betye Saar: Reflecting American Culture Through Assemblage Art @another_africa @mikemassenburg [kcet.org] via @kcet
UK scientists receive world’s first licence to edit genes in human embryos [arstechnica.com]
Indian man could be first recorded human fatality due to a meteorite [arstechnica.com]
Goldman Sachs, bank at center of global financial crisis, questions capitalism [theverge.com]
So Hard To Say Goodbye: Earth, Wind & Fire Co-Founder Maurice White Dead At 74 [blackthen.com]
Gone But Not Forgotten: Happy Birthday To Poet & Playwright, Mr. Langston Hughes! [blackthen.com]
Blind Lemon Jefferson: One of the Greatest Guitarists & Blues Singers @megafunkmega [blackthen.com]
Gone But Not Forgotten: Happy Birthday To Legendary Singer, Mr. Rick James! [blackthen.com]
My university sparked a national movement — and we’re not backing down [blavity.com]
Dr. Edith Jones: First Black Person to Attend University of Arkansas School of Medicine [blackthen.com]
Viola Irene Desmond: Arrested for Refusal to Accept an Act of Racial Discrimination [blackthen.com]
After 100 years, scientists are finally closing in on Einstein’s ripples [arstechnica.com]
Harlem's Studio Museum curator Naima Keith named California African American Museum deputy director [fw.to] @JuneCarol_E
Smithsonian To Open The National Museum Of African American History & Culture In Washington [blackthen.com]
The Museum of Science Fiction Debuts Their Scholarly Journal's First Issue [io9.gizmodo.com]
the ancient world MUST be mysterious and often a complex dis-contiguous maze of time lines when the African presence is removed
The Invisibles: Author Gives A Voice to the Forgotten Slaves of the White House [blackthen.com]
Exhibit explores the African ancestry of the founders of Los Angeles [topix.com]
Did You Know That Ruby Dee Was The First Black Woman To Have A Star Role At The American Shakespeare Festival? [blackthen.com]
There was a massive population crash in Europe over 14,500 years ago [arstechnica.com]
German tourist receives life ban from Egypt for climbing Giza pyramid [telegraph.feedsportal.com]
Looking Black On Today In 1897, Alfred Cralle Invented The Ice Cream Scoop [blackthen.com]
I could make coffee at home, but I'd rather have someone with an English Literature degree do it.
This is probably the greatest custom PC build of all time @tmrdevelops [arstechnica.com]
Fascinating graphics show who owns all the major brands in the world [sploid.gizmodo.com]
McDonald’s kale salad has more fat and calories than a double Big Mac @mindovermunch @overcookedvegan [arstechnica.com]
This infographic perfectly explains why I refuse to eat fast food [blavity.com] @overcookedvegan @mindovermunch
Navajo Water Supply is Poisoned Worse Than Flint, but ‘No One Cares Because They’re Native American [countercurrentnews.com]
'Hundreds' of masked men rampage through Stockholm station beating up refugee children [independent.co.uk]
a brief history of the wristwatch: train commuters needed a watch on their wrist to catch a train (on time) while carrying a briefcase & hat
Tata renames Zica car because it sounds too much like a global health emergency [theverge.com]
Bill Gates memorised his employees' number plates to monitor when they left the office [telegraph.feedsportal.com]