Nov 27, 2023 | Literature, Men
The poet Cornelius Eady took out his phone the other day and clicked to a black-and-white group photo that was taken 43 summers ago when he was a fellow at Bread Loaf, the famous writers’ retreat held each year in Vermont. Eady is easy to spot — he is the only Black...
Nov 27, 2023 | Education, Men
Educators of color account for less than 10% of all public school teachers across the country, Black men represent 2% of that total, according to the U.S. Department of Education. And based on numbers from California’s Department of Education, Black male teachers...
Oct 30, 2023 | History, Men
Congress’ longest-serving Black staffer, Herbert “Bertie” Bowman, who worked his way up from sweeping the steps of the Capitol as a teenager to coordinating one of the Senate’s most important committees, died this week. He was 92. Bowman died on Wednesday,...
Oct 30, 2023 | Business, Men, Wealth
Former basketball star Magic Johnson has been declared a billionaire by Forbes, making him only the fourth athlete to join the exclusive club. The business magazine estimates Johnson’s wealth at about $1.2bn (£990m). The other athlete billionaires are NBA...
Oct 30, 2023 | Leadership, Men
Earlier this month, the esteemed legacy publication Black Enterprise hosted its annual Black Men Xcel Summit. The gathering took place in Miami and convened a multitude of men from various professional backgrounds from October 11 to October 13. The highly-anticipated...
Oct 9, 2023 | Higher Education, Men
Christian Collins, a researcher at CLASP and co-author of the report, said although the national conversation on student parents has rightly been focused on mothers, “at the same time, our findings show that student fathers, and specifically Black student fathers,...
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