Belly Song by Etheridge Knight
1And I and I / must admitthat the sea in youhas sung / to the sea / in meand I and I / must admitthat...
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Walter Moses Burton: The first Black elected sheriff in the United States
Walter Moses Burton holds the distinction of being the first Black elected sheriff in the United States. Burton was also a State Senator in Texas....
Afrofuturism: An Interview with Ytasha L. Womack
Ytasha L. Womack is the author, filmmaker, dancer and innovator whose book Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci Fi and Fantasy explores black sci fi culture, bleeks, black...
Robert Smalls: Civil War Hero
Robert Smalls was an enslaved African American who distinguished himself as a national war hero, statesman and civil-rights leader in the Reconstruction South, serving five terms in...
Booker T. Washington: The African-American Leader who came “Up From Slavery”
[dropcap size=small]B[/dropcap]ooker Taliaferro Washington was an African-American leader and educator. Washington came up from a background of poverty to become the most influential Black educator of the...
Ten Powerful Quotes by Booker T. Washington
“Character, not circumstance, makes the person.” “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by...
Gordon – “The Scourged Back”
Gordon was an enslaved African-American who became an iconic figure during the Civil War, in exposing the brutality of the Maafa ( Atlantic slavery). A...
Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
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...
Ancient Future: An Interview with Wayne B. Chandler
“We’re universal entities. The way our DNA is coded, there’s nothing we don’t know. It’s a matter of locking into that body of information through...
The Prince of Pan-Africanism: An Interview with Dr. Umar Johnson
Dr. Umar Johnson is considered a national expert on learning disabilities and their effect on Black children, as well as being an expert on helping...