Culture
Black woman becomes Finland’s First Lucia, but not everyone is happy with it in the country of happiness
Daniela Owusu, 20, who is Finnish Ghanaian and Finland’s first Black Lucia, has received thousands of letters of hate mail, compelling Finland’s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo to apologize. Others said they would take legal action against the haters, according to Svenska Yle, Finland‘s national public broadcasting company, founded in 1926. Organizers of the holiday event reported the abuse to the police…
Read MoreBill Pickney dies
Bill Pickney, the first Black man to circumnavigate the Earth from pole to pole, died on Thursday in an Atlanta hospital. Mr. Pickney, who was raised on the South Side of Chicago, was 87. Mr. Pickney boarded his 47-cutter prior to his 55th birthday and began sailing around the world in August 1990, departing from Boston…
Read MorePanama celebrates Black Christ
Some crawl on their hands and knees to reach the statue known as the Black Christ, Christo Negro, which is located in Iglesia de San Felipe, a Catholic Parish church in Portobello, Panama. It is a life-sized cocobolo (hardwood) wooden statue of Jesus. Others crawl while holding candles on their black. While others crawl while…
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