Best of CH 2022: Good Measure
Stories from the year that demonstrate how change was and always is possible
Tag: Black Communities
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Macaroni Necklace
$95.00
Crafted with hand-painted sand-cast beads—antique African trade beads made by turning glass into powder, a process that originated with the Krobo tribe in Ghana in the 1800s—each of SVNR’s Macaroni Necklaces is …
Cxffeeblack’s Mission to Decolonize the Coffee Industry
An all-Black supply chain helps to reclaim the real history behind coffee
Via highsnobiety.com
Hip-Hop’s Vital Contributions to HIV Activism
The stories told about HIV and activism surrounding the virus are often incomplete, and focus solely on white gay men. But, as Jake Hall writes for High Snobiety, “the first person to …
Via theguardian.com
Getty Images Opens Access to 30,000 Rare Photos of the Black Diaspora
Getty Images has opened access to their Black History & Culture Collection, which includes around 30,000 rare images of the Black diaspora in the UK and US. Free to use for not-for-profit …
Via Ted.com
Lizzo Traces Twerking’s Black History + How it Became a Spiritual Practice
In her first TED Talk, three-time Grammy-winner Lizzo traces the history of twerking to a West African dance called mapouka, traditionally performed by women to celebrate joy, marriage or as religious worship. …
Via refinery29.com
New Pop-Up Exhibit Explores Harlem’s Legacy as a Fashion Hub
55 years ago, fashion pioneer Lois K Alexander Lane founded the Harlem Institute of Fashion and later, the Black Fashion museum, to show the world how the Black community was and is …
Link About It: This Week’s Picks
From ocean photography to decolonizing Chinese typography, American movie theater archaeology and more