The Prophet – Molding Wings That Soar
Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, unsung Black sculptress, is the first of three-part tribute to Paris…
Musical royalty, they were all late 19th Century contemporaries who staked out their legendary portraits: the First Lady of Blues Mammie Smith, the Mother of Blues Ma Rainey, the Empress of Blues Bessie Smith.
Bricktop, the fiery red headed saloon keeper, held court in Paris’ “it” scene. Captivating artists and expats helped her build bridges that traversed class, nationalism and cultures.
The life of the great Shirley Chisholm was punctuated with pivotal firsts.
The 1960’s whirlwind of change brought a new form of LGBTQ activism, led by Marsha P. Johnson and other transwomen who made a lasting imprint on the movement.
Patriots and Pathfinders
Mary Ann Shadd Cary – Less Talk More Action
When famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass asked readers of the North Star for suggestions on…
Bessie Coleman – Dared to Fly
Young Bessie Coleman, daughter of sharecropper parents of African and Cherokee descent, found distractions…
Word Warrior – Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Her word artistry was a weapon to dismantle slavery and challenge inequality.
Lorraine Hansberrry Extolled the Gift: To Be Young, Gifted and Black
“Young, Gifted and Black” embodied the light that was Lorraine Hansberry who maximized every…
Octavia E. Butler, Mother of Afrofuturism Envisions the Blueprint for Change
Octavia Butler’s science fiction works gave her the chance to comment on every aspect…
Black Women Luminaries – Social Justice March on Washington Warriors
The first Black woman Supreme Court Justice has been officially sworn in. Harvard-trained, Florida-native,…
An All Black Women Air Crew Honor Bessie Coleman
Bessie Coleman was honored by an all Black women Aircrew to highlight her legacy…
A Facebook Live Tribute
Alice Walker’s journals, edited by Valerie Boyd, have just been published. Unerased honored Boyd…
Paulette Nardal – Birthing the Diaspora
Black Paris in the 1920’s was deeply divided by language, culture and ideology. Intellectual…