Race and Ethnicity

Dressing Up for a Day of Black Joy at the Pinkster Stroll

The Pinkster Stroll is not your average New York fashion show.

By Jaha Nailah Avery and Miranda Barnes

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South Africa Sets the Stage for Starlink Approval

A proposed regulatory change would allow Elon Musk’s satellite company and others like it to get a license without having to sell shares to Black South Africans.

By John Eligon

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Rhiannon Giddens Reflects on Biscuits and Banjos Festival

A new North Carolina festival founded by the musician Rhiannon Giddens highlighted Black string music and flaky treats.

By Jonathan Abrams

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Clarence O. Smith, a Founder of Essence Magazine, Is Dead at 92

As president, he helped persuade companies like Estée Lauder and Ford to advertise in the pages of the first mass-circulation magazine directed at Black women.

By Jere Longman