Olaudah Equiano was born an Igbo around 1745, in what is now eastern Nigeria. He came from a...
“Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change.” ~Iyanla Vanzant Painting: “I see...
“Do not blame God for having created the tiger, but thank the creator for not having given it wings.”
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“Only in the darkness can you see the stars.” ~Martin Luther King Jr.
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“Your mate is your mirror. Tell me whom you love and I’ll tell you who you are.” ~African...
You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll rise. Does my sassiness upset you?...
“Understanding who you are is the clear light. Without it, you are walking in the dark, the unknown.”...
Hole In The Head: A Life Revealed by Wilbert Smith, based on the award-winning documentary, is a compelling,...
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells—taken without her knowledge in 1951—became one of the most important tools...
In late July 1910, a shocking number of African Americans in Texas were slaughtered by white mobs in...
“Frequently, I have been asked how I got to be this way. How did I, born black in...
The Black Scholar Series is a Kentake Page initiative dedicated to interviewing prominent scholars in the Black/African community and introducing them—and their work—to a wider audience. The idea came to me in...
