On her long journey making and distributing her new film, In the Morning.
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First Look: This New Book Celebrates Women Photographers from the African Diaspora | OkayAfrica
DIASPORA—The last book that celebrated black women photographers in all their glory was published 31 years ago. For these black women photographers and creators, that’s 31 years too long.
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Hill Harper Adopted A Baby At Age 51 – Black America Web
Hill Harper has an impressive resume: He is an accomplished actor, author, has a Harvard law degree and even started his own skincare line. Now, he can add fatherhood to his list.
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The Secret History Of The Photo At The Center Of The Black Confederate Myth – BuzzFeed
A 160-year-old tintype depicting Andrew Chandler and his slave Silas, both in Confederate uniform, has long been used as evidence that slaves willingly fought against the army that aimed to free them. Following the national backlash against Confederate iconography, Silas’s descendants seek to debunk this once and for all.
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Salem Poor – Black Past.Org
Salem Poor was a Patriot of the American Revolutionary War, credited primarily for his participation at the Battle at Charleston, now popularly known as The Battle of Bunker Hill.
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This Day in Black History: July 4, 1881 – BET
Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama, holds first day of class, with Booker T. Washington serving as the first teacher.
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Director Damani Baker Tells the Story of Grenada and Black Migration Through His Mother’s Eyes – The Muse
The year was 1983. Fannie Haughton—a name unfamiliar to most—was living in Oakland, California, under a poisonous Reagan regime, in the middle of a drug war.
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When gospel sermons came on the phonograph – The Conversation
The first truly African-American musical form, the “Spirituals,” took shape in the 17th and 18th centuries within the generations of slaves born into the tough American experience. Music was a daily part of their survival and sustenance.
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Couples Inc. : Beauty Supply Store Owners, Quintin & Megan Lathan – Shoppe Black
After all the conversations about how too few Black people are involved in the beauty supply industry, we were glad to learn about Quintin and Megan Lathan. They own Beauty Plus, a beauty supply store in Baltimore.
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Nigeria’s Population to Surpass America’s by 2050, New Report Shows – Atlanta Black Star
Nigeria’s population is growing so fast, it’s slated to become the third-largest country in the world, according to a new population prospects report by the United Nations.
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