Lusia Harris was a basketball legend, and recently, she got the recognition she deserved. So let’s keep that legacy alive and celebrate what she did!
Andre Leon Talley, who became known across the world as an iconic editor at Vogue Magazine, has died according to reports. Talley was known as a
Tomorrow is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which will be a National holiday. So, you will most definitely find a very historic group organization
In 1920, five African American women from Howard envisioned a sorority that would raise the consciousness of their people.
A.K.A., was founded on January 15, 1908, at the historic black Howard University, in Washington, D.C. The late Ethel Hedgeman Lyle led a group of sixteen students who broke barriers in helping women have access to power.
The museum will be open to the public for normal operating hours 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. There will be no walk ups permitted.
The museum will be open to the public for normal operating hours 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. There will be no walk ups permitted.
Let’s take a look at 3 famous women you didn’t know were members of the Crimson and Cream Dream!
“Each 2022 quarter is designed to reflect the breadth and depth of accomplishments being celebrated throughout this historic coin program. Maya Angelou, featured on the reverse of this first coin in the series, used words to inspire and uplift,” Mint Deputy Director Ventris C. Gibson said in a statement.
Moreover, their programs year in and year out has allowed students the opportunity to tour colleges and universities nationwide. This makes it easy for the parents and students to make those hard challenging decisions.
The United States Mint announced on Monday a U.S. Quarter went into circulation featuring the image of the legendary poet and activist the first Black
In late December, in conjunction with the NHL’s annual Winter Classic outdoor game coming to Minneapolis, the league debuted it’s Black Hockey History Mobile Tour, commemorating Black players in the game, past and present. The tour will continue throughout the U.S. this winter and spring.
The Bahamian-American activist, ambassador, director and ground-breaking actor who is widely known for being the first Black man to win an Oscar for Best Actor, has passed away at the age of 94.
The St Louis, Missouri, newly-elected first black female mayor Tishaura Jones took to Twitter: Rest in Power #Desmond Tutu.
Sadly, too many of today’s generations of White Americans, including those in positions of power and influence who were young adults when King was alive, still lack awareness of the three demands of the Negro Revolution:
Let’s also note the fact that MLK was alive and active in leading the Negro Revolution before … and after … the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Most Americans aren’t aware that this was yet another ineffective law, among a series of ineffective CRAs passed by Congress, dating back to the first in 1866.
“For the first time in the long and turbulent history of the nation, almost one thousand cities were engulfed in civil turmoil, with violence trembling just below the surface.”
More than 50 years after his assassination, no schools in the nation portray King as a non-violent warrior leading a revolution in a war against segregationist policies and practices that protect white supremacy. But that’s how King described himself, specifically invoking the war motif.
Association of African American Museums (AAAM) Oral History Collection
Vedet Coleman-Robinson is the Executive Director of the Association of African American Museums. This oral history collection explores the work of leaders in the field of Black museums
Kwanzaa, while it has picked up some greater awareness in the last decade, has never gotten the same attention and excitement as Christmas and Hanukkah.
On Sunday, December 5, Bud Fowler, Buck O’Neil and Minnie Miniso got elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The three baseball players represent
Dawoud Bey is an American photographer and educator known for his large-scale art photography and street photography portraits, including American adolescents in relation to their community, and other often marginalized subjects
You need to check out Meals, and Muses Recipes from My African American Kitchen. This book is by Alexander Smalls, and is available in hardbound from Flatiron Books.
Why is Critical Race Theory receiving the attention it is now? To understand that, one must comprehend what Critical Race Theory is and what it
Mahmoud El-Kati is a lecturer, writer, and commentator on the African American experience
However, two years later in 1974, Satan’s little sexuality demons had gotten a hold of a grown up marriage counselor. Abby starred the cute, bubbly actress Carol Speed. And if you like horror, this was the one to take you truly to the Soulful of darkness.
Blacula was horrifying, but not as terrifying as ‘The Exorcist’, which was showing the same year. Nonetheless, it should have been up there in the top 25 for all time horror flicks.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees were announced early this year. Seven of these inductees are African Americans. This makes this year’s
My Mom did not care because she would be getting paid each month and she had money to feed our family.
Colin Powell, the first U.S. black Secretary of State and military leader, whose leadership in several administrations helped formulate foreign policy, died on Monday morning
Brandon Scott bringS generational change to the city that shaped him
Yet, we are getting ahead of ourselves, and my assignment is to free the people from financial bondages that many pastors are FULLY aware they are placing the people in those prisons.
I kept looking for the unconditional love that only a mother could give in the arms of my female lovers only to find the same narcissistic behavior.
Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose
In the days of segregation, the Negro Baseball League (NBL) recognized some of the greatest black players of their time when the white Major Leagues
First of all, the term “Afro-Latino” was coined by Arturo Schomburg, who is considered “The Father of Afro-American Studies”, and an early pioneer of the Harlem Renaissance movement. A highly educated man from Puerto Rico who realized the high number of Afro-Cubans and Afro-Puerto Ricans in Harlem at the time needed an identity to connect and define this demographic of people.
First of all, the term “Afro-Latino” was coined by Arturo Schomburg, who is considered “The Father of Afro-American Studies”, and an early pioneer of the Harlem Renaissance movement. A highly educated man from Puerto Rico who realized the high number of Afro-Cubans and Afro-Puerto Ricans in Harlem at the time needed an identity to connect and define this demographic of people.
Afro-Latino/Afro-Indio reflects the mixing within the multiple dimensions of indigenous Americans, white Europeans, and slaves from Africa and Asians.
A little about Chef Marcus, he is also a television star and author, who wants his black people to enjoy different varieties of chef’s recipes. And with that being the case, he went as far as tracing food back to the African continent, to the Caribbean, all over the United States and beyond.
As summer comes to a turbulent end. You often ask yourself where does the time even goes?
Work just recently started on a levee project to protect the 29, 000 plus residents of La Place, LA, and other surrounding communities outside of New Orleans.But here it goes people, the project is not projected to be completed until 2024
By Angelia Bills St. Alphonsus Liguori Catholic Church, affectionately known as “The Rock” Church, has served as a beacon of hope and fellowship in the
Before Christopher Columbus changed the name to Puerto Rico, my island was named Boriquen, and Puerto Ricans call themselves Boricuas, in honor of our ancestors. Our roots are linked to Afrodecendientes aka Afro-Latinos, descendants of enslaved West Africans brought to the US, the Caribbean and South America during the diaspora of the Atlantic slave trade.
Today is Women’s Equality Day, an annual celebration to commemorate the passage of the 19th Amendment, 101 years ago when some women were allowed to
Historically Black Colleges and Universities have been a big part of the economic and social structure of the United States for nearly 190 years. Many
Article: Peta Pixel A collection of early American photography from Larry J. West has been acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, transforming the museum’s holdings. West’s
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