Alice Walker is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author who was born February 9, 1944, in Eatonton, Georgia, whose novels and stories portray the hardships endured by Southern blacks. Her work includes Meridian, In Love and Trouble, and The Color Purple, which was turned into a critically-acclaimed film in 1985. In 2003, Walker’s Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth: New […]
Alice Walker is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author who was born February 9, 1944, in Eatonton, Georgia, whose novels and stories portray the hardships endured by Southern blacks. Her work includes Meridian, In Love and Trouble, and The Color Purple, which was turned into a critically-acclaimed film in 1985. In 2003, Walker’s Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth: New […]
Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson and Denise McNair are the names of the four young Black girls who lost their lives to senseless bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL in 1963. The racial terrorism sparked outrage in the Black community and ignited the Civil Rights Act of 1964, outlawing discrimination […]
Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson and Denise McNair are the names of the four young Black girls who lost their lives to senseless bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL in 1963. The racial terrorism sparked outrage in the Black community and ignited the Civil Rights Act of 1964, outlawing discrimination […]
Black History month starts today. An alumnus of the University of Chicago with many friends in the city, Carter G. Woodson traveled from  Washington, D.C.…
From AFRAMNEWS.com – Aldine ISD dedicated its newest high school and ninth grade school and hosted a number of special guests who attended the event to honor the memory of General Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr., for whom the new high school and ninth grade school are named. Davis High is the first traditional, comprehensive high […]
From AFRAMNEWS.com – Aldine ISD dedicated its newest high school and ninth grade school and hosted a number of special guests who attended the event to honor the memory of General Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr., for whom the new high school and ninth grade school are named. Davis High is the first traditional, comprehensive high […]
Celebrate “Black History Month” with the Breath of Life Seventh-day Adventist Church 11310 Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington MD 20744 on February 23, 2013 @ 4:00pm. A “Dr. Martin Luther King” Speech Contest to celebrate, commemorate, and remember the dream. A creative expression and interpretation of Martin Luther King’s speeches presented by contestants ages 13- […]
Based on a true story, watch an extended preview of the extraordinary women behind the men of the Civil Rights Movement as Angela Bassett and Mary J. Blige star in Betty & Coretta. Premieres Saturday, February 2 at 8/7c on Lifetime. Related Stories: Lifetime Premiering Black History Movies Starring Angela Bassett, Mary J. Blige & […]
Based on a true story, watch an extended preview of the extraordinary women behind the men of the Civil Rights Movement as Angela Bassett and Mary J. Blige star in Betty & Coretta. Premieres Saturday, February 2 at 8/7c on Lifetime. Related Stories: Lifetime Premiering Black History Movies Starring Angela Bassett, Mary J. Blige & […]
On October 3, 1992, after a three year courtship, President Barack Obama and Michelle Robinson were pronounced man and wife by Reverend Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. at the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. Their love story, which has inspired the country with its authenticity, began in 1989 when Barack interned at Chicago law […]
On October 3, 1992, after a three year courtship, President Barack Obama and Michelle Robinson were pronounced man and wife by Reverend Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. at the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. Their love story, which has inspired the country with its authenticity, began in 1989 when Barack interned at Chicago law […]