Back in the days of slavery, many slave masters and overseers often failed to acknowledge the fact that African-Americans were intelligent, innovative, and creative despite the oppression they faced and the disadvantages endured.
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Unreleased Ella Fitzgerald Live Album, ‘Ella At Zardi’s’, Unearthed From Verve’s Vaults 60+ Years Later In Celebration Of Jazz Legend’s Centennial | PR Newswire
Available December 1 via Verve Records/UMe. WBGO Premiers Rare Opening Track “It All Depends On You”
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Remembering Cornelia Walker Bailey, A Giant Of Gullah Geechee Culture | NPR
The Gullah Geechee’s unofficial historian and vocal advocate for the preservation of the community, Cornelia Walker Bailey, has died. She was 72.
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This Unique NYC Marketplace Is A New One Stop Shop For Products Created For And By Black Women | Essence
Black women continue to represent the fastest growing group of entrepreneurs in the United States and the innovative ladies behind NYC’s new Uptown Underground marketplace are on a mission to turn that statistic into a thriving force.
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Dr. Joseph Joyner, pioneering pediatrician | The San Diego Union-Tribune
“He loved the community; he loved giving back to the community,” Johnson said.
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Nine HBCU’s Celebrate150 Years of Black Excellence | AFRO
HBCUs are generally known for their “flavor” and Black history. Black colleges not only throw the best social and cultural events but produce many public figures, scholars, politicians and many more workers who graduated from these institutions and have contributed to society.
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Black October: An Introduction | Black Perspectives
As Black communists grew in number and the Communist International gained in force, so too did anti-communism.
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Black beaches that broke barriers: From The Obama’s favorite resort town to land cultivated by Frederick Douglass’s son, the African American owned vacation spots that made history | Daily Mail
In the late 19th century, there were few beaches African Americans could visit without the fear of discrimination or violence.
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Fats Domino, Early Rock ’n’ Roller With a Boogie-Woogie Piano, Is Dead at 89 | The New York Times
The boogie-woogie master, who has died aged 89, shaped the course of popular music over and over again
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33 Photos Of Segregation That Show A Country Divided By Race | ATI
In reality, some of the last of the major legal restrictions on African-Americans were torn down less than just 50 years ago with the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which disallowed racial discrimination in terms of housing opportunities.
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