by October Gallery
In just the past few days, President Trump has blamed immigrants, China, the “fake news” and, of course, “the invisible enemy” of the coronavirus for America’s present troubles. He has…
Here are a few historical examples of how race, and racism, has greatly impacted the health outcomes of African Americans. 1619 to 1730: Africans were enslaved and transported to the…
A new book revisits W.E.B. Du Bois’s landmark 1900 exhibition on Black American identity. In 1900, partway through the official planning for The Exhibit of American Negroes at the Paris…
On April 26, 1960, black demonstrators engaged in a locally-organized nonviolent protest and walked onto Biloxi Beach on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast in order to hold a “wade-in” challenging the segregated…
Kenny Leon’s revival of A Raisin in the Sun opened on Broadway at the Royale Theatre April 26, 2004. The production played 32 previews and 88 performances before closing July…
Kaila Corrothers said that when she thinks of her mother, Deborah Gatewood, there is one thought that lingers: “This did not have to happen this way.” Deborah Gatewood had two…
Madeline Lyles and Dana Taylor of Memphis’ claims as the owners of the first funeral home by Black women is true, but only in the plural sense. Henrietta Smith Bowers…
It was 1961 in south Minneapolis. Portland Ave and Park Ave were parallel streets separated by Oakland Ave in the middle. Portland and Park are one-way streets, going opposite directions…
In the summer of 1941, A. Philip Randolph, founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, called for a march on Washington to draw attention to the exclusion of African…
Faced with racial discrimination at home and in the Corps, African American Marines proved themselves at Iwo Jima and elsewhere during World War II. Prior to the summer of 1941,…