Clara Hale was much more than a mother, a wife and businesswoman. She was a great humanitarian, a champion of the principles of self-determination and a caregiver of all caregivers.
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The Unknown Antiguan Visionary Who Knew He Was “the Most Important Living Artist” | Artsy.Net
In the mid-1970s, the unknown Antiguan artist Frank Walter began contacting some unconventional venues in the hopes of landing a retrospective.
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10+ Rare Photos Of Frida Kahlo During The Last Years Of Her Life To Celebrate Her 110th Birthday | Bored Panda
Though she only lived to be 47 years old, she left behind a legacy of art that still fascinates and inspires to this day.
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‘True Blood’ Actor Nelsan Ellis Dead at 39
NEW YORK — Actor Nelsan Ellis, best known for his memorable portrayal of Lafayette Reynolds on HBO’s “True Blood,” has died at the age of 39.
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‘I Am the Blues’ opens at Quad Cinema July 12 – New York Amsterdam News
“I Am the Blues,” directed by Daniel Cross available on VOD July 12, takes the viewer into the deep backroads of the South, visiting the authentic juke joints and listening to the stories of the people who play, live and know the real roots of the blues.
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Ava DuVernay Will Reteam With Netflix for a Series About the Central Park Five | Slate
When does Ava DuVernay find time to sleep? The filmmaker announced Thursday that in addition to the myriad of other projects she has in the works, she is also reteaming with Netflix for a new limited series about the Central Park Five.
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The Colour Black | Contemporary And
Where in the primary place of artistic experience do we encounter the Black subject? That is one of the questions that artist Kerry James Marshall has asked throughout his career. MOCA Los Angeles values in the first US retrospective Marshall’s lifelong contribution to the depiction of non-stereotypical Black life.
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Fighting for Black Lives in Colombia: ‘The People Do Not Give Up, Damn It’ – The Root
Editor’s note: This story is the first in a three-part series looking at the fight for rights of black people in Colombia. This first piece explores the history of Afro-Colombians and the impact of the recently ended war with the FARC. Subsequent stories will examine the current political environment.
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As data centers bloom, a century-old African American enclave is threatened | The Washington Post
For at least 118 years, the descendants of Livinia Blackburn Johnson have lived on the land in Northern Virginia that she and some other freed slaves acquired under an 1866 federal law that allowed them to own property.
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Civil Rights Movement Timeline From 1951 to 1959 | ThoughtCo
Key dates during the early days of the fight for racial equality
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