Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and DB Weiss will write and produce the series, which takes place in the lead-up to a third American civil war.
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Little Known Black History Fact: Alice Allison Dunnigan | Black America Web
Alice Allison Dunnigan blazed trials for future White House Correspondents like April D. Ryan when she became the first Black woman named in that role in 1948. Dunnigan is also the first Black woman reporter to gain credentials to the press galleries of the U.S. Congress, and also the first Black woman to be elected to the Women’s National Press Club.
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Tuskegee Syphilis Study Descendants Ask Judge To Give Them, Not Museum, Remaining Settlement Funds | Atlanta Black Star
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Descendants of hundreds of black men who were left untreated for syphilis during an infamous government study want a judge to give them any money remaining from a $9 million legal settlement over the program.
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Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power | Timeout
This exhibition flips the idea of ‘black art’ on its head, tracing an under looked 20-year period of creative innovation among African-American artists.
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The Vibrant Art Of Roxbury’s Ekua Holmes Recalls The Harlem Renaissance | 90.9 WBUR
Ekua Holmes is a welcome anachronism in African-American art, a woman who illuminates contemporary painting by embracing an aesthetic from the past.
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Before Rosa Parks, A Teenager Defied Segregation On An Alabama Bus | NPR
Rosa Parks is well-known for her refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a public bus in Montgomery, Ala., in December 1955.
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Barry Jenkins Sets James Baldwin Adaptation ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ As First Post-‘Moonlight’ Feature | Indie Wire
The very busy filmmaker has finally announced his first film project after his historic Oscar win.
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Did You Know: Freedmen’s Savings and Trust Company (1865-1874) – Afram News
The Freedmen’s Savings and Trust Company, commonly referred to as The Freedmen’s Bank, was incorporated on March 3, 1865. It was created by the United States Congress along with the Freedmen’s Bureau to aid the freedmen in their transition from slavery to freedom.
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Clara Hale: “Tell Them How Great They Are” | Black Doctor.org
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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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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