Where Have You Gone by Mari Evans
Where have you gone with your confident walk with your crooked smile why did you leave me when you took your laughter and departed are
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Spell It With a Capital by Ida B. Wells Barnett
We have noticed an error, which all journalists seem to make. Whether from mistake or ill-intention, we are unable to say, but the profession universally
Mari Evans: I Am a Black Woman
Mari Evans was an African-American poet, writer, and dramatist, whose work has appeared in more than one hundred anthologies. Evans was “often considered a key
What Assata said: Ten Powerful Quotes by Assata Shakur
1. “No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach
Maggie Lena Walker: First Woman Bank President
In 1903, Maggie Lena Walker became the first woman bank president in the United States when she founded the Saint Luke Penny Savings Bank in
Vivian Malone: Civil rights hero who defied racial segregation
Vivian Juanita Malone Jones was one of the first two African American students to enroll at the University of Alabama in 1963 and the university’s
The Art of Ernie Barnes
“An artist paints his own reality.” “My early paintings have all the rawness and passion of the (football) game.” “One day on the playing field,
Maulana Karenga: The creator of Kwanzaa
“History is the struggle and record of humans in the process of humanizing the world, i.e., shaping it in their image and interests.” (Black history
Gideon Smith: Warrior of His Time
Gideon Edward Smith sometimes referred to as G. E. Smith, was an American football player and coach. Smith was the first African-American varsity athlete in
Wole Soyinka: Noble Prize Literary Genius
Akinwande Oluwole “Wole” Babatunde Soyinka, born 13 July 1934, is a Nigerian playwright and poet. He was the first African to win the Nobel Prize