The Inward Sea
There is in every person an inward sea, And in that sea there is an island And on that island there is an altar And...
Author : Meserette Kentake
Mary Annette Anderson: The first African American woman elected to Phi Beta Kappa
“The sunshine of her life she gives, To everything around her, Though brief the season that she lives Nor lost is her endeavor. She is...
There It Is by Jayne Cortez
My friendthey don’t careif you’re an individualista leftist a rightista shithead or a snakeThey will try to exploit youabsorb you confine youdisconnect you isolate youor...
John Lewis: The Civil Rights Icon who became the Conscience of the Congress
“Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a...
Ten Inspirational Quotes by John Lewis
John Lewis was a prominent African-American leader in the civil rights movement in the 1960s, who was awarded the highest civilian honor of the United...
July 9, 1841: Four Black Men executed for a bank robbery
On July 9, 1841, four Black men were executed. “Having a taste for blood and the destruction of black bodies,” the execution riveted the Euro-American...
Gwendolyn B. Bennett: The Harlem Renaissance Writer and Painter
Gwendolyn B. Bennett was an African-American poet, essayist, short-story writer, and artist. Although she never published her own volume of poetry, she was one of...
In Praise of the Ancestors by Mazisi Kunene
I have come to appreciate that African wisdom recognizes that there are other unseen forces in the universe apart from the creator. The Egun (Ancestors)...
Marie Couvent: A Controversial African-American Philanthropist
“Marie Couvent was the first [Black] woman to set the example of an enlightened charity, and that for a long time she was the only...
Zelda Wynn Valdes: The Creator of the Playboy Bunny Costume
“I just had a God-given talent for making people beautiful…” Zelda Wynn Valdes was a fashion legend who was the first African-American designer to open...