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Big Lies
The Trump administration is reportedly ending the program that has allowed nearly 60,000 Haitians to live and work in the United States since a devastating earthquake ravaged the country in 2010. According to The Boston Globe, Haitians who currently have temporary protected status will be expected to leave the states by July 2019 or face deportation. Meanwhile, Haiti is still struggling to put its pieces back together and “relies heavily on money its expatriates send to relatives back home,” The Globe reports.
What’s good with that impeachment, tho?
In more Trump-related news, a federal judge has reportedly blocked an order withholding federal funding from sanctuary cities.
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Big News
Solange and her musical family (Kelela, Dev Hynes, Kindness, Carolina Polachek) are the faces of Calvin Klein’s latest campaign, “Our Family. Our Music. #MyCalvins.” The group was hand-picked by Solo herself and photographed by Willy Vanderperre.
“The evolved #MYCALVINS concept has family at its center and core, a display of unity between strong individuals, further emphasized by the symbolism of the traditional American quilt,” Calvin Klein stated.
The campaign highlights CK’s jean and underwear lines, both of which are available for purchase now.
Big Facts
The National Museum of African American History and Culture is helping Black families hold on to their history with a free digitization service. Called The Great Migration Home Movie Project, the service allows people to have their home movies digitized by the museum’s audiovisual conservation team in the Robert F. Smith Explore Your Family History Center and is funded by Robert F. Smith and Earl W. and Amanda Stafford.
“Media conservators will facilitate free digitization of motion picture film (16mm, Super 8, and Regular 8mm), obsolete videotape formats (Hi-8/8mm, MiniDV, 3/4″ U-matic, VHS, Betacam, 1″ open reel video, and 1/2″ open reel video) and various audio formats,” their website explains. They’ve also rounded up a collection of African American home movies from both “known and unknown families.”
Cool AF, right? You can learn more and schedule an appointment here.
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