The collection of 4 million images chronicles the civil rights movement and the lives of prominent figures such as Billie Holiday and Muhammad Ali.
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Washington Post’s first black female reporter: Newsrooms still aren’t diverse enough | Perspective | The Inquirer, Philly.com
Dorothy Butler Gilliam, For the Inquirer, The Inquirer, Philly.com Dorothy Butler Gilliam in the fall of 1961 or early in 1962, soon after having arrived at The Washington Post. (Harry Naltchayan / Washington Post). Featured Image [dropcap]When[/dropcap] I first walked into the Washington Post newsroom in 1961 as its first black female reporter, I felt […]
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Hoptown must move to honor Ted Poston | Kentucky New Era
Jennifer P. Brown, Kentucky New Era A man with glasses (Ted Poston) sits at an office desk holding a letter. A smiling woman (his assistant Harriette Easterlin) sits next to him and a man (his assistant William Clark) leans over them both. A poster behind them depicts a soldier and reads “We are fighting the […]
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“Race News”: Chronicling the Black press and fight for justice | People’s World
The rocky relationship between journalism and the struggle for African-American equality, like any other courtship, is full of ebbs and flows, fluctuations that often times mirror larger societal changes.
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Dawoud Bey: 40 Years of Photos Affirming the ‘Lives of Ordinary Black People’ | The New York Times
A new retrospective book “Seeing Deeply” reveals his decades-long exploration of community, memory and photography.
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Les Payne, Journalist Who Exposed Racial Injustice, Dies at 76 | The New York Times
Les Payne, a fervid and fearless Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, columnist and editor for Newsday who helped pave the way for a generation of black journalists, died on Monday in Manhattan. He was 76.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Cornel West’s One-Sided War | The Atlantic
Coates says he is “mystified as anybody else” over West’s critique.
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Capturing the Civil Rights Era Through the Lens of Gordon Parks | Daily Beast
Gordon Parks captured the beauty, horror, and complexities behind the lives of those who lived during the Civil Rights Era.
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Forward Press | Baltimore Magazine
As a Vietnam vet, former Black Panther, and father of a literary superstar, Paul Coates has lived a life reminiscent of the great literature he publishes.
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Founder of SheaMoisture, Richelieu Dennis, Acquires Essence From Time Inc. | The Root
“This acquisition of Essence represents the beginning of an exciting transformation of our iconic brand…”
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