Afroamerica Network

06/19/2026

USA: 2026 Juneteenth National Holiday to Honor Freedom, Community, Legacy, and the Ongoing Pursuit of Justice

June 19th, 2026, the US nation is celebrating Juneteenth as a National Holiday. The celebration of what is now known as the Second Independence Day is the fourth following the event held on Thursday, June 17, 2020, when US President Joe Biden signed a bill into law, making June 19 a national holiday...

06/19/2026

AroniSmartIntelligence™ and AroniSmartInvest™ Stock Market Sentiment and NLP Analysis: Market Sentiment and Highlighted Stocks at the End of Q2 2026

Over Q1 2026 and at the beginning of Q2 2026 stocks across industries experienced challenging dynamics after a year of resilience and reaching records. The performance at the end of 2025 and in early 2026 followed a great decline in early Q2 2025, due to uncertainty about the impact, on the US and W...

06/19/2026

AroniSmartIntelligence™ and AroniSmartInvest™ Stock Market Sentiment and NLP Analysis: Market Sentiment and Highlighted Stocks at the End of Q2 2026

06/11/2026

https://www.afroamerica.net/index.php/culture/discourses/1969-ralph-mark-gilbert-civil-rights-museum-the-history-and-culture-museum-savannahs-civil-rights-movement Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum: The History and Culture Museum of Savannah and Deep South Civil Rights Movement

It has been more than 30 years that The Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum was founded. The museum is dedicated to the history of Savannah’s Civil Rights Movement and the story of the “freedom fighters” of the local chapter of the National Association of the Advancement of the Colored Peop...

06/08/2026

https://www.afroamerica.net/index.php/culture/discourses/118-person-of-year/1968-justin-ricketts-joins-the-list-of-most-influential-afroamerica-network-black-people-in-2026

Five years ago, in June 2022, Justin Ricketts was 17 years old and a senior at Suncoast High School in Florida when he reached a record with a perfect SAT score of 1600. With that perfect score, he was top student candidate for the top Ivy League Universities, including Harvard University, Massachus...

06/03/2026

DR Congo - US - Rwanda: U.S. Government Imposes Sanctions on 2 More Rwandan Commanders Waging Wars in Eastern DRC; More Sanctions Expected

On Tuesday, June 2, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on two individuals of Rwandan origin who are among the top commanders of groups fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The two armed groups mentioned are the M...

05/22/2026

Tamara Lanier Joins the List of Most Influential AfroAmerica Network Black People in 2026.

Tamara Lanier is a tireless champion for truth and justice from Connecticut, USA. In 2025, after a six-year legal battle with Harvard University, Tamara Lanier won ownership of two of the earliest known photographs of enslaved people in the United States. Following the legal battle, Harvard Universi...

05/09/2026

USA - Rwanda: US Government Reissues the Travel Advisory to Rwanda and Raises it to Level 4 Pointing to Widespread Crimes and Potential Armed Conflicts.

On May 6, 2026, the US Government reissued the travel advisory warning to Rwanda. The Travel Advisory for Rwanda increased precautions when planning to travel to Rwanda, getting close or traveling to the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Rwanda (DRC), from South-Kivu to North-...

05/07/2026

Rwanda: Former University Lecturer, Rapper, and Government Critic, Aimable Uzaramba Karasira Dies in a High Security Detention

Aimable Uzaramba Karasira, a Rwandan former university lecturer, who has been in jail since May 31, 2021 has suddenly died in a high detention center. He was detained, when he was accused of undermining the current Rwandan government, after he pointed to crimes and mass murders committed by the mili...

05/01/2026

https://www.afroamerica.net/index.php/world/74-politics/1963-dr-congo-us-rwanda-u-s-government-imposes-sanctions-against-former-dr-congo-president-joseph-kabila-for-waging-wars-in-eastern-dr-congo-along-with-rwanda-defense-force

On Thursday, April 29, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on Joseph Kabange Kabila (Kabila), a former President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for his role in supporting the March 23 Movement (M23) and the Congo Rive...