#blackusculture — Public Fediverse posts

‘It didn’t seem real’: the Black mushroom hunters unearthing the US’s essential fungi https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2026/may/16/mushrooms-black-foragers #Foraging #BlackUsCulture #Environment #Culture #Food #Massachusetts #UsNews

‘It didn’t seem real’: the Black mushroom hunters unearthing the US’s essential fungi https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2026/may/16/mushrooms-black-foragers #Foraging #BlackUsCulture #Environment #Culture #Food #Massachusetts #UsNews

‘It didn’t seem real’: the Black mushroom hunters unearthing the US’s essential fungi https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2026/may/16/mushrooms-black-foragers #Foraging #BlackUsCulture #Environment #Culture #Food #Massachusetts #UsNews

Is God Is review – fiery revenge thriller flies from stage to screen https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/14/is-god-is-review-movie #Thrillers #Film #Culture #JanelleMonae #BlackUsCulture

Gullah Geechee people set out to keep their family land. Unclear titles and surging taxes are pushing them out https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/may/10/gullah-geechee-low-country #Race #GullahGeechee #BlackUsCulture #SouthCarolina #UsNews #ClimateCrisis

‘We’re going backwards’: Five civil rights activists slam the supreme court’s gutting of Voting Rights Act https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/09/activists-supreme-court-voting-rights-act #UsNews #CivilRightsMovement #UsSupremeCourt #UsVotingRights #Race #BlackUsCulture

Taraji P Henson: ‘It’s exhausting to have to fight for my worth’ https://www.theguardian.com/culture/ng-interactive/2026/apr/23/taraji-p-henson-august-wilson-joe-turners-come-and-gone-interview #TarajiPHenson #UsTheater #Stage #Culture #Theatre #Film #AugustWilson #NewYork #BlackUsCulture #Broadway

A single Epstein email shines a light on myths about American justice – and art | Alex Duran https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/16/epstein-emails-hip-hop #Music #Hiphop #JeffreyEpstein #Jayz #UsNews #Culture #Activism #Protest #ProtestUs #Race #BlackUsCulture

‘Reverse-gentrify the country’: how Black and Indigenous intentional communities are reclaiming land https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/12/black-indigenous-ecovillage-community-reclaim-land #UsNews #Communities #IndigenousPeoples #BlackUsCulture #Race #Environment #Housing

Segregation stories: Gordon Parks in the US south – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/apr/08/segregation-stories-gordon-parks-us-south-alabama #Photography #GordonParks #Art #BlackUsCulture #Exhibitions #ArtAndDesign #Culture #Race #WorldNews #Alabama

Segregation stories: Gordon Parks in the US south – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/apr/08/segregation-stories-gordon-parks-us-south-alabama #Photography #GordonParks #Art #BlackUsCulture #Exhibitions #ArtAndDesign #Culture #Race #WorldNews #Alabama

Segregation stories: Gordon Parks in the US south – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/apr/08/segregation-stories-gordon-parks-us-south-alabama #Photography #GordonParks #Art #BlackUsCulture #Exhibitions #ArtAndDesign #Culture #Race #WorldNews #Alabama

Segregation stories: Gordon Parks in the US south – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/apr/08/segregation-stories-gordon-parks-us-south-alabama #Photography #GordonParks #Art #BlackUsCulture #Exhibitions #ArtAndDesign #Culture #Race #WorldNews #Alabama

Why going to an HBCU might be better for Black students’ health https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/24/attending-hbcu-cognitive-outcomes-black-americans #UsNews #UsUniversities #UsEducation #BlackUsCulture #Education #Race

Jesse Jackson hailed as ‘ambassador of hope’ at memorial attended by Clintons, Obama and Biden https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/06/jesse-jackson-memorial-service-chicago #JesseJackson #Chicago #UsNews #UsPolitics #Democrats #BarackObama #CivilRightsMovement #Activism #BillClinton #JoeBiden #KamalaHarris #BlackUsCulture #HillaryClinton

Jesse Jackson hailed as ‘ambassador of hope’ at memorial attended by Clintons, Obama and Biden https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/06/jesse-jackson-memorial-service-chicago #JesseJackson #Chicago #UsNews #UsPolitics #Democrats #BarackObama #CivilRightsMovement #Activism #BillClinton #JoeBiden #KamalaHarris #BlackUsCulture #HillaryClinton

Jesse Jackson hailed as ‘ambassador of hope’ at memorial attended by Clintons, Obama and Biden https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/06/jesse-jackson-memorial-service-chicago #JesseJackson #Chicago #UsNews #UsPolitics #Democrats #BarackObama #CivilRightsMovement #Activism #BillClinton #JoeBiden #KamalaHarris #BlackUsCulture #HillaryClinton

‘The camera is my weapon of choice’: Gordon Parks’ era-defining shots of segregation – and those who defied it https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/mar/04/camera-weapon-gordon-parks-shots-segregation-martin-luther-king #Photography #GordonParks #CivilRightsMovement #BlackUsCulture #SocialHistory #ArtAndDesign #Culture #Race #Art #Society #WorldNews

‘The camera is my weapon of choice’: Gordon Parks’ era-defining shots of segregation – and those who defied it https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/mar/04/camera-weapon-gordon-parks-shots-segregation-martin-luther-king #Photography #GordonParks #CivilRightsMovement #BlackUsCulture #SocialHistory #ArtAndDesign #Culture #Race #Art #Society #WorldNews

‘The camera is my weapon of choice’: Gordon Parks’ era-defining shots of segregation – and those who defied it https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/mar/04/camera-weapon-gordon-parks-shots-segregation-martin-luther-king #Photography #GordonParks #CivilRightsMovement #BlackUsCulture #SocialHistory #ArtAndDesign #Culture #Race #Art #Society #WorldNews

‘The camera is my weapon of choice’: Gordon Parks’ era-defining shots of segregation – and those who defied it https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/mar/04/camera-weapon-gordon-parks-shots-segregation-martin-luther-king #Photography #GordonParks #CivilRightsMovement #BlackUsCulture #SocialHistory #ArtAndDesign #Culture #Race #Art #Society #WorldNews

‘I am somebody’: the cultural magnitude of Jesse Jackson’s Sesame Street episode https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/18/jesse-jackson-sesame-street-somebody #JesseJackson #CivilRightsMovement #UsNews #Race #BlackUsCulture #SesameStreet #Television #UsTelevision #MartinLutherKing

‘A white man’s war, a Black man’s fight’: the eye-opening story of Black soldiers in Vietnam https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/feb/10/war-within-a-war-black-soldiers-vietnam-wil-haygood #Books #UsMilitary #VietnamWar #BlackUsCulture #Vietnam #AsiaPacific #HistoryBooks #Culture #Race #UsNews

Groundbreaking director Reginald Hudlin: ‘It’s taken a lot of effort but the reward is always worth it’ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/30/director-reginald-hudlin-house-party #Film #BlackUsCulture #Hiphop #BlackPanther #Culture #UsNews

‘The most dangerous man in America’: how Paul Robeson went from Hollywood to blacklist https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jan/21/paul-robeson-hollywood-blacklist-mccarthyism #Books #Music #Stage #Culture #Nfl #Race #BlackUsCulture #Communism

Four sisters from LA’s Watts nurture families from the same blocks: ‘They stand in the gap’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/03/sisters-of-watts-california-community #California #Poverty #BlackUsCulture #FoodPoverty #Society #WestCoast #UsNews #Culture #SocialExclusion

Viola Ford Fletcher, one of last survivors of Tulsa race massacre, dies aged 111 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/24/viola-ford-fletcher-tulsa-race-massacre-death #Tulsaracemassacre #BlackUSculture #Oklahoma #USnews #Race

The podcast showing what resistance looks like under Trump 2.0: ‘Where’s the progressive Project 2025?’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/19/black-voters-matter-podcast-trump #Trumpadministration #BlackUSculture #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Activism #Culture #USnews #Race

Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s widow launches philanthropic organizations in his honor https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/15/malcolm-jamal-warner-widow-tenisa-philanthropic-organizations #Television&radio #BlackUSculture #UStelevision #Philanthropy #Television #Charities #Culture #Society #USnews

Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s widow launches philanthropic organizations in his honor https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/15/malcolm-jamal-warner-widow-tenisa-philanthropic-organizations #Television&radio #BlackUSculture #UStelevision #Philanthropy #Television #Charities #Culture #Society #USnews

The ‘Black Sundance’ honoring film-makers of color and focusing on community building https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jul/30/blackstar-film-festival #BlackUSculture #Philadelphia #Pennsylvania #Culture #USnews #Film

‘It’s queer, Black joy’: the TikTok creator quizzing pop stars and politicians on LGBTQ+ culture https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/26/gaydar-tiktok-anania-williams-lgbtq-quiz-show #BlackUSculture #LGBTQ+rights #Digitalmedia #Transgender #Socialmedia #Technology #Culture #TikTok #Comedy

‘Pretty revolutionary’: a Brooklyn exhibit interrogates white-dominated AI to make it more inclusive https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jul/23/stephanie-dinkins-ai-race-black-white-technology #Artificialintelligence(AI) #BlackUSculture #Artanddesign #Technology #Computing #Brooklyn #NewYork #Culture #USnews #Race #Art

‘Art can be a release’: the US organization creating spaces for Black women to enjoy the arts https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jul/22/art-black-women-bgias-events #BlackUSculture #Artanddesign #Culture #Race #Art #Art

Death of Malcolm-Jamal Warner shocks fans: ‘We saw ourselves in him’ https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jul/21/malcolm-jamal-warner-death-cosby-show #BlackUSculture #UStelevision #Television #Culture #USnews

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, The Cosby Show actor, dies at 54 https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jul/21/malcolm-jamal-warner-dead-cosby-show #Television&radio #BlackUSculture #UStelevision #Television #Culture

If you don’t understand Oklahoma, you can’t understand America https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/jul/20/oklahoma-united-states #NativeAmericans #BlackUSculture #Oklahoma #USnews

The ongoing fight to replace racist monuments in the US: ‘requires a lot of perseverance’ https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jun/29/confederate-monument-replacements #Trumpadministration #BlackUSculture #Artanddesign #USpolitics #Sculpture #Culture #Design #USnews #Art

Trump is terrified of Black culture. But not for the reasons you think https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/jun/22/trump-black-arts-culture-crackdown #Trumpadministration #BlackUSculture #Artanddesign #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Culture #Museums #USnews #Music #Race

Trump fails to mark Juneteenth, federal holiday celebrating end of US slavery https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/20/donald-trump-juneteenth #BlackUSculture #DonaldTrump #Slavery #USnews

‘History will judge us as cowards or heroes’: Ras Baraka, the mayor arrested by Ice, won’t be intimidated https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/09/ras-baraka-newark-mayor-ice #Trumpadministration #BlackUSculture #USimmigration #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #NewJersey #USnews #Poetry

HillmanTok: a Cosby Show-inspired college is thriving on TikTok even as Black education is under threat https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/apr/09/hillman-tiktok-hbcu-black-education #Trumpadministration #Raceineducation #BlackUSculture #USuniversities #USeducation #Socialmedia #USpolitics #BillCosby #Culture #TikTok #USnews #Race

‘It’s buzzing here’: Detroit’s revival takes shape after decades of decay https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/04/detroit-revitalization #Technologystartups #Automotiveindustry #BlackUSculture #Technology #Michigan #Business #Detroit #USnews #Race

From field to farm: the US pro athletes trying their hand at agriculture https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/06/athlete-farmers #BlackUSculture #Blackfarmers #Environment #USsports #Farming #USnews #Sport #Food #WNBA #NFL

The Piano Lesson review – Washington family get stuck into August Wilson’s powerful play https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/nov/07/the-piano-lesson-review-washington-family-get-stuck-into-august-wilsons-powerful-play #JohnDavidWashington #DenzelWashington #Filmadaptations #BlackUSculture #SamuelLJackson #AugustWilson #Dramafilms #Culture #Stage #Film

Georgia dock collapse: witness says gangway buckled from ‘too much weight’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/22/georgia-sapelo-island-dock-gangway-collapse #BlackUSculture #GullahGeechee #Georgia #USnews

‘It’s devastating’: seven dead identified in Georgia dock gangway collapse https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/21/seven-dead-identified-georgia-dock-gangway-collapse #BlackUSculture #GullahGeechee #Georgia #USnews

‘The beginning of Black liberation’: photographs tell the real story of the Mississippi Delta https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/18/black-mississippi-delta-farmers #BlackUSculture #Blackfarmers #Artanddesign #Photography #Mississippi #USnews