Flip Wilson was the first African American to host a hit variety series on television. The Flip Wilson Show aired from 1970 to 1974 and in addition to high ratings, Wilson won two Emmy Awards: one was for Outstanding Variety Series and the other for … Read More … Read MoreFlip Wilson (1933-1998)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Founded in 1790, the Brown Fellowship Society is the oldest all-male Funeral Society in Charleston, South Carolina. It also provides a major historical example of how racism affected the African American community itself, in that lighter skinned African Americans in the Society considered themselves superior … Read More … Read MoreBrown Fellowship Society (1790-1945)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] National Museums The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Washington, D.C. Groundbreaking for the Smithsonian African American History Community Alabama Birmingham Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Montgomery The National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum Montgomery Rosa Parks Library … Read More … Read MoreAfrican American Museums
In the following article, Henry W. McGee, Jr., a Seattle University Professor of Law and Central District resident, discusses the recent dramatic transformation of the area from a predominately working class African American community into an area of high income white, Asian American and African … Read More … Read MoreGentrification, Integration or Displacement?: The Seattle Story
Theophilus Lewis, a drama/theater critic, journalist, and U.S. Postal Service employee, was born to Thomas and Anne Lewis on March 4, 1891, in Baltimore, Maryland. Lewis attended public schools in Baltimore but was very much self-educated. He joined the U.S. Army and fought in World … Read More … Read MoreTheophilus Lewis (1891-1974)
Librarian, author, and storyteller Augusta Braxston Baker was the first African American woman to hold an administrative position with the New York Public Library (NYPL). She was a pioneering advocate of the positive portrayal of blacks in children’s literature, and beginning in the 1930s removed … Read More … Read MoreAugusta Braxston Baker (1911-1998)
[…] appeared in 1972 and is considered a seminal work in the study of black religion and the catalyst for the post-1975 scholarly renaissance in that field. Wilmore passed away on April 18, 2020 at the age of 98. Pennsylvania drama Marxists (Young Communist League) […] … Read MoreGayraud Stephen Wilmore (1921-2020)
Drummer, composer, and percussionist Max Roach was noted for his innovative contrapuntal polyrhythms, and was one of the founders of the bebop movement in jazz. He is widely considered one of the greatest drummers of all time, able to keep separate simultaneous rhythms going with … Read More … Read MoreMaxwell Lemuel “Max” Roach (1924–2007)
Rhythm & Blues musician Robert Parker, Jr. was born on October 14, 1930, in Mobile, Alabama, to Robert Parker, Sr., and Leana Parker. However, he was reared on Melpomene (now Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard) in New Orleans, Louisiana. He played in the Booker T. … Read More … Read MoreRobert Parker, Jr. (1930-2020)
During his life historian Lawrence Dunbar Reddick used his scholarly expertise to fight for civil rights. Born in Jacksonville, Florida, on March 3, 1910, Reddick received his Bachelor’s and Master’s in history from Fisk University in 1932 and 1933, respectively. He went to the University … Read More … Read MoreLawrence Dunbar Reddick (1910-1995)
