by gamma | Jul 31, 2019 | Black Artists, Culture
When you think of techno music you probably think of crowds of young mostly-white partygoers, carefree and intoxicated on feelings of love due to various of substances as they dance around to some obscure European DJ in a converted warehouse. Techno has become in many...
by Reneegede | Jul 3, 2019 | Black Artists, Black Businesses, Black Family & Community, Education and Imprisonment, News
WHAT IS THE PAN-AFRICAN WEEKEND? July 18-21, 2019 Celebrating Black Women, Business and Careers, Black Youth and Produced by Face2Face-Africa. Held in New York City, the Pan-African Weekend is a prestigious annual event that celebrates, connects, and empowers the...
by Reneegede | Apr 29, 2019 | Black Artists, Celebrities, Culture, History, In Memoriam, News, Profiles in Black History
To a man who single-handedly took on racial stereotypes waged against all Black “boyz in the ‘hood,” structured an idea about what it means to kill one another and to ‘man up’ and become a REAL Black man in America (“Baby...
by Verlie S | Apr 17, 2019 | Black Artists, History
Born on February 23, 1942, as Donald LEE, Dr. Haki R. Madhubuti is an African-American poet, author, and founder of Third World Press, the country’s oldest black-owned independent publishing house. Early Life and Education Haki Madhubuti’s childhood was far from...
by Verlie S | Apr 16, 2019 | Black Artists, History
This is a biography of Maya Angelou poet, author, and civil rights activist among many other things. Ms. Angelou’s inspiring life moves from a troubled childhood to become one of the most important icons in the literary world and in global human rights movements....
by Verlie S | Apr 9, 2019 | April, Black Artists, Profiles in Black History
This biography highlights the life of Nikki Giovanni and her accomplishments. Nikki was born in the city of Knoxville, Tennessee. She gives hope and inspires through her literary works. She writes on the plight of African-Americans from the 1960s to today. Some of her...
by Verlie S | Apr 2, 2019 | April, Black Artists
Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri. His parents were James Hughes and Carrie Langston Hughes. Langston’s mother was a teacher and his father a lawyer and wealthy landowner. Langston Hughes was an African-American male whose...
by Chum Sejimon | May 18, 2017 | A List Categories, Black Artists, Blog, Culture, Info, Modern History, News
We knew that following the success of the box office hit, Get Out, we’d see more from comedian-turned-director Jordan Peele. Carving an entirely new path in filmmaking adjoining art and social awareness, he’s back to produce a series called...
