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The Mascogos ran to Mexico to escape slavery, forming a tiny black community in the middle of the desert. Now, some are migrating to America work, while others mourn a dying culture.

Source: Her ancestors fled to Mexico to escape slavery 170 years ago. The matriarch of the Mascogos tribe still sings in English to this day. – The Washington Post

Three Black detectives from New York City, who filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the NYPD’s Intel Division, claiming their credentials for promotion were ignored to give favor to their white colleagues, have finally received a $700,000 settlement after two years.

Source: 3 Black Detectives Win $700,000 Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Against the NYPD

Note from BW of Brazil:  Well, needless to say, I wish someone would have told me about this school in all of my years visiting […]

Source: A school for Bahia’s African descendants | Black Women of Brazil

The al-Hol camp in north eastern Syria is an overflowing vessel of anger and unanswered questions. Inside are the lost women and children of the jihadist group Islamic State (IS), abandoned by their men, their nightmare caliphate and their governments.

Source: Islamic State: The women and children no-one wants – BBC News

Back in 2002, according to the Estado do S. Paulo newspaper, former U.S. President George W. Bush reportedly asked Fernando Henrique Cardoso, then-president of Brazil, “Does Brazil have blacks, too?”

For Brazilians, this statement showed a stunning ignorance of the country, which is the fifth largest in the world and is one of the seven-largest economies. But ignorance about Afro-Brazilians and their culture is nothing new. The history and the voices of Afro-Brazilians are often muted.

Source: 10 Things Afro-Brazilians Want You to Know