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The Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California is hosting a pop-up exhibition, “The Legacy of Clarence Muse,” featuring artifacts from Muse’s life collected by Dr. Norman Towels, showcasing the life of Muse, the first African American to star in a major studio film in 1929, the first Black director of a Broadway show, and the highest-paid Black movie actor of his time.
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By Dr. Frances “Toni” Murphy DraperAFRO Managing Editor More than forty years ago, in a crowded corridor in Nassau, Bahamas, I watched Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. do something small that revealed something immense: he stopped. My mother, Frances L. Murphy II—then publisher of the AFRO-American Newspaper—and I were attending a conference where he was […]
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The 46th Annual Riverside Black History Parade & Expo took place on February 14, 2026, featuring marching bands, dance teams, classic cars, and local vendors, and was hosted by the Adrian Dell and Carmen Roberts Foundation.
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The Rev. Dr. Jesse Jackson Sr., civil rights leader, Baptist minister, and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, has died at 84. A protégé of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and a two-time presidential candidate, Jackson spent his life fighting for racial, economic and social justice— inspiring generations of leaders and activists.
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Dr. Jewell Parker Rhodes and illustrator R. Gregory Christie are the 2026 winners of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards, presented by the American Library Association to honor outstanding African American authors and illustrators of children’s and young adult literature. Arriel Vinson received the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award, while additional Author and Illustrator Honor Books recognized works by Derrick Barnes, Calvin Alexander Ramsey, Marie Arnold, Lamont O’Neal and Alexis Franklin.
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