Thursday Notes: The State of the Black Press

The State of the Black Press

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How Black Journalists Forced the NFL’s Hand on Integration

In 1933, NFL owners secretly banned Black players from the league. Thirteen years later, four Black men—Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Bill Willis, and Marion Motley—reintegrated pro football. The Forgotten Four broke the race barrier in professional football one year before Jackie Robinson’s historic and widely recognized debut in Major League Baseball.

In Blackballed, a new four-part audio documentary on the Ringer NFL Show feed, we’re telling their story and exploring how it can help us understand the league’s complicated relationship with race in the present day. Below is an excerpt of Episode 2, “Kenny, Woody, Bill, and Marion.” Listen to Episode 1 here, and check back on Tuesday for Episode 3 and next Thursday for the series finale.

How Black Journalists Forced the NFL’s Hand on Integration

In Episode 2 of our new audio documentary ‘Blackballed,’ we look at the four men who reintegrated the NFL, starting with two larger-than-life figures in Los Angeles

The RingerChelsea Stark-Jones

Finance x Technology: The Great Digital Divide: Panic at Twitter Speed, Respond at AOL Speed

In The New Madness of Crowds I argued that SVB failed because “Greater transparency and lower transaction costs have intensified the madness of the masses and expanded their reach.” A piece by Miao, Zuckerman and Eisen in the WSJ now adds to to the other side of the problem. Depositors were working on twitter time, the regulatory apparatus was not.

The Great Digital Divide: Panic at Twitter Speed, Respond at AOL Speed - Marginal REVOLUTION

In The New Madness of Crowds I argued that SVB failed because “Greater transparency and lower transaction costs have intensified the madness of the masses and expanded their reach.” A piece by Miao, Zuckerman and Eisen in the WSJ now adds to to the other side of the problem. Depositors were working…

Marginal REVOLUTIONAlex Tabarrok

Wilma Rudolph: A legacy of overcoming odds

Wilma Rudolph: A legacy of overcoming odds - New York Amsterdam News

In commemorating Women’s Heritage Month, we reflect on the legacy of world-renowned sprinter Wilma Glodean Rudolph. By the time she was a teenager. she had overcome more challenges than many people do in an entire lifetime.

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Podcast: The Independents - Episode 1 - Ghana

Celebrate the history of Africa via The Independents, a new MoCADA podcast produced by Mamoussa (@MOUSSA__FOFANA) that explores the regional events that sparked revolutions, to the conversations, political speeches, and music that activated the pursuit for freedom.

The Independents: A Podcast About Freedom

Celebrate the history of Africa via “The Independents”, a new MoCADA podcast produced by Mamoussa that explores the regional events that sparked revolutions, to the conversations, political speeches, and music that activated the pursuit for freedom. Tune in.

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FCC chair proposes ban on deceptive “Broadcast TV” and “Regional Sports” fees

A new proposal targeting hidden fees charged by cable and satellite companies could force TV providers to clearly list their "all-in" prices.

The proposal announced today by Federal Communications CommissionChairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel would require cable and direct-broadcast satellite providers to "state the total cost of video programming service clearly and prominently, including broadcast retransmission consent, regional sports programming, and other programming-related fees, as a prominent single line item on subscribers' bills and in promotional materials."

FCC chair proposes ban on deceptive “Broadcast TV” and “Regional Sports” fees

Comcast and others would have to advertise “all-in” TV price if FCC adopts plan.

Ars TechnicaJon Brodkin

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Arts: Cozyshrt is Curating Freedom & Community in Accra

Cozyshrt is Curating Freedom & Community in Accra

The Ghanaian photographer who snapped Kendrick Lamar when he visited the country last year has become a leading curator of the local cultural landscape.

OkayAfricaIfeoluwa Falola

NYC: Seven of the Best Black-Owned Cocktail Bars in NYC

Seven of the Best Black-Owned Cocktail Bars in NYC

One of NYC’s first Black-owned cocktail bars opened in the 1840s. Now, a handful exist, creating some of the city’s best craft cocktails.

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Sneakers: Sotheby’s is Auctioning 8 Pairs of the Futura Laboratories x Virgil Abloh x Nike Dunk Low

Sotheby’s is set to open a global online auction of the Futura Laboratories x Virgil Abloh x Nike Dunk Low at the beginning of April. A total of eight pairs and two different colorways will be available for bidding. The auction benefits the Virgil Abloh Foundation.

Sotheby’s Auctions the Virgil Abloh x Nike Dunk Low | Nice Kicks

Sotheby’s Auctioning 8 Pairs of Futura Laboratories x Virgil Abloh x Nike Dunk Low. Check it out now on Nice Kicks and follow for updates.

Nice KicksCheyenne Falcon

Sly Stone’s Memoir Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) to Be Published via Questlove’s New Imprint

Sly Stone’s memoir Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) to be published via Questlove’s new imprint

It will be the first book published on Questlove’s AUWA Books imprint.

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