[…] medals including the Army Commendation Medal, the Combat Infantry Badge, the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal, and the Renaissance Medallion Award from Morehouse College. In May of 1991, James Reginald Hall, Jr. retired from the U.S. Army to spend more […] … Read MoreJames Reginald Hall, Jr. (1937- )
Mickey and Sylvia were a popular R&B duo in the 1950s known for their hit song “Love is Strange.” In 1957, the single topped the R&B chart at No.11 and sold over one million copies. It was awarded a gold disc by the Recording Industry … Read More … Read MoreMickey and Sylvia (1955-1965)
William L. Patterson, born in San Francisco on August 27th, 1891, was a Marxist lawyer, author, and civil rights activist. His mother had been born a slave on a Virginia plantation in 1850 and lived there until she was ten. Before the outbreak of the … Read More … Read MoreWilliam L. Patterson (1891-1980)
Jewel Plumber Cobb, a cell biologist and cancer researcher, was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 17, 1924 to Frank V. Plummer, a physician, and Carriebel (Cole) Plummer, a physical education teacher. An only child, Jewel Plummer began reading her father’s scientific journals to supplement … Read More … Read MoreJewel Plummer Cobb (1924- )
Located on the long stretch of the Atlantic City, New Jersey, shoreline just south of downtown, Chicken Bone Beach was designated as the exclusively African American section of beach around 1900. It remained a blacks only beach until the 1964 Civil Rights Act was passed. … Read More … Read MoreChicken Bone Beach, Atlantic City, New Jersey (1900- )
[…] the film Clueless. Dash has appeared in other films such as Mo’ Money (1992), where she was the female lead, and the Renaissance Man (1994), where she had a supporting role. She also appeared in television series such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Single […] … Read MoreStacey Dash (1967- )
Albert Murray, an African American novelist, jazz critic, professor, and essayist, was born in Nokomis, Alabama on May 12, 1916. His birth parents were Sudie Graham and John Young but he was adopted by Hugh and Mattie Murray and grew up in Magazine Point, Alabama. … Read More … Read MoreAlbert Murray (1916-2013)
Assata Olugbala Shakur—political activist, author, fugitive, and step-aunt of the famed, slain hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur—was born JoAnne Deborah Bryon on July 16, 1947 in New York City, New York. Following her parents’ divorce in 1950, she moved with her mother and maternal grandparents to … Read More … Read MoreAssata Olugbala Shakur (1947- )
In February, 1982, Audre Lorde delivered the address, “Learning from the 60s” as part of the celebration of the Malcolm X weekend at Harvard University. Her presentation appears below. MALCOLM X is a distinct shape in a very pivotal period of my life. I stand … Read More … Read More(1982) Audre Lorde, “Learning from the 60s”
[…] few important mining towns of his time: Ouro Preto, São João del Rei, Sabará, and Congonhas. Combining elements of the Gothic and Renaissance into the language of the Baroque, Aleijadinho developed a powerful artistic language – sculpture and architecture blend masterfully in his work. […] … Read MoreAleijadinho (Antonio Francisco Lisboa), 1738-1814)
