Art Daily, Art Daily Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown. (Lloyd Fox / Baltimore Sun). Featured Image [dropcap]BALTIMORE[/dropcap], MD.- The Baltimore Museum of Art today announced a gift of $3.5 million from Baltimore-based philanthropists Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown to endow the position of chief curator at the museum. The Browns’ support and advocacy […]
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Man Sees $1 Baseball Bat at Garage Sale and Discovers Its Jackie Robinson’s | The Epoch Times
One never knows what he or she might find at a garage sale, and one man in Iowa can definitely attest to this statement.
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Only Surviving Arabic Slave Narrative Written in the United States Digitized by Library of Congress | Smithsonian Magazine
Omar Ibn Said, a wealthy intellectual from West Africa, wrote about his capture and enslavement in America
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Louisville Western Branch Library (1905- ) | Black Past
The Louisville Western Branch Library in Louisville, Kentucky, first opened in 1905. This library was the first public library in the nation to serve and be fully operated by black residents.
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The Black- and Woman-Led Success of a Chicago Ice Cream Company | WTTW
Daniel Hautzinger, WTTW [dropcap]Only[/dropcap] one Fortune 500 company has ever been headed by a black woman – Ursula Burns, who ran Xerox from 2009 to 2016 – and that number is indicative of the immense challenges black women and other women and people of color still face in climbing the corporate ladder. So imagine what […]
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Retired Austin firefighter shares journey to become Texas’ first black fire inspector | KVUE
On the east side is where Austin saw its first black firefighters, including a local unsung hero of the civil rights movement.
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“Her Life is History”: The Universality of Maya Angelou | WTTW
Daniel Hautzinger, WTTW Courtesy of Getty. Featured Image [dropcap]Maya[/dropcap] Angelou is universal. She wrote memoirs, poetry, screenplays, music. She acted, she directed, she produced. She was a talk show host, a dancer, a singer, a journalist, a streetcar operator, an activist, a friend, a mother. You could converse with her in six different languages, and […]
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Essential Arts: Destination Crenshaw, a bold outdoor museum plan inspired by black L.A. | Los Angeles Times
Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times A rendering from the Destination Crenshaw project shows the upper-level viewing deck of the proposed Sankofa Park, located where Crenshaw and Leimert boulevards split. (Perkins+Will). Featured Image [dropcap]The[/dropcap] Randy’s Donut is bright yellow as the Rams head to the Super Bowl. And as the Lunar New Year approaches, I’m […]
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Sam Cooke’s Murder, Alleged Cover-Up Gets Re-Examined by Netflix Series | Rolling Stone
Upcoming ‘ReMastered’ episode set to premiere February 8th
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“Abortion as black genocide”: inside the black anti-abortion movement | Vox
A new documentary examines how fears of “black genocide” became part of mainstream anti-abortion activism.
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