PowerNomics: Interview with Dr. Claud Anderson
“I want Black people to engage in, not in searching for rights, but I want them to search for resources. There is a major difference....
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Hidden Colors: An Interview with Professor Kaba Kamene (Booker T. Coleman)
“I tell people in most of my presentations don’t believe a word I say. I’m not here to make you believe me, I’m here to...
Pearl Bailey
“No one can figure out your worth but you.” Pearl Bailey was born on March 29, 1918, in Newport News, Virginia. The daughter of a preacher,...
Andrew Jackson Beard
Andrew Jackson Beard was born on March 29, 1849. He was a farmer, carpenter, blacksmith, a railroad worker, a businessman and finally an inventor. He...
Ed Wilson
Born on March 28th in 1925 in Baltimore, Maryland, Ed Wilson became interested in art as a child while recovering from rheumatic fever. When he returned...
Arthur Mitchell
“The myth was that because you were black that you could not do classical dance. I proved that to be wrong.” Arthur Mitchell, born March...
Harold Lloyd Nicholas
Harold Lloyd Nicholas, born on March 27, 1921, was one half of the world-famous tap dancing pair the Nicholas Brothers. His older brother was Fayard Nicholas. They danced in vaudeville,...
The Art of: Keinyo White
“Everything is revealed to all men as they desire it to be revealed to them, by their own definitions alone. ” ~Miyamoto Musashi Keinyo White...
Dorothy Height: Civil Rights and Women’s Rights Activist.
Dorothy Irene Height was an African-American activist, administrator and educator, who dedicated her life to seeing racial and women’s equality in the United States. She...
Knowledge of Self: An Interview with Runoko Rashidi
“I have a sense of passion about Black, about African people, so I want to use any vehicles we have to uplift Black people and...