Who can tell your family’s story? That’s one of the key issues the book and now HBO film, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, raises. It’s one that Henrietta Lacks’ son Lawrence and his son, Ron, have been asking for some time now.
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A History of Blackness in American Cinema at MoMA – Hyperallergic
The series Making Faces on Film gathers daring and singular films about being black in the United States, from 1913 to today.
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“I shall have him to dine as often as I please” – The time when Roosevelt invited African-American educator Booker T. Washington to a dinner at the White House – The Vintage News
Many African-Americans were invited to the White House before 1901, but none of them was invited to dine with the President until Theodore Roosevelt invited African-American educator Booker T. Washington to a dinner at the White House.
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What happened to black Germans under the Nazis – Independent
Not all survivors have had equal opportunities to have their story heard in Holocaust commemorations.
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In Photos: This Is What 1890s Jamaica Looked Like – Okay Africa
Making Jamaica, at London’s Autograph ABP, is an exhibition of archival images of Jamaica taken in 1891 by a Scottish maker of landscape photography.
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Don Cheadle to Bring Story of First Black Millionaire on Wall Street to Theaters – Atlanta Black Star
The story of Wall Street’s first Black millionaire won’t be untold much longer as Don Cheadle is adapting the obscure tale for the big screen.
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87-Year-Old Woman Sees ‘Slave Cabin’ in Which She Was Born at National African-American Museum – The Root
It was a cabin that housed people who were enslaved starting in 1853 on Edisto Island, S.C.
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A Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance in Maps, Manuscripts, and Art – Hyperallergic
Gather Out of Star-Dust at Yale University’s Beinecke Library is a building-wide exhibition of over 300 rare artifacts from the Harlem Renaissance.
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Black historian wins coveted Philadelphia Award – The Philadelphia Tribune
Long before Charles L. Blockson became a prominent historian, scholar and author, he was boy with a budding passion for the history of his people that could be found bound between the pages of books.
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Library of Congress Digitizes 19th-Century Photos of Black Women Activists – Hyperallergic
The Library of Congress recently digitized rare 19th-century photographs of African American women active in suffrage, civil rights, temperance, education, reform, and journalism.
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