by October Gallery
February is Black History Month, when Americans celebrate the achievements of well-known black figures and the progress that has been made so far for the US black population. There have…
Blair Underwood and Tiffany Haddish join the Oscar winner in a lively period piece about a black woman succeeding. After the debacle that was the Oscars all but ignoring black…
The film Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier dives into the under-reported history of efforts to include people of color in the space race Most children who rise through…
Robert F. Smith is the richest black man in America, and one of only four to currently have a net worth of more than one billion dollars. The son of…
On the 50th anniversary of Bitches Brew, one of the contributing musicians and the director of a new documentary share their thoughts on the record Guitarist John McLaughlin, who helped…
Brooklyn-born author Lesley-Ann Brown decided to write her book, “Decolonial Daughter: Letters from a Black Woman to Her European Son” to express all of the intricacies of life and Blackness…
An anti-African, anti-black-immigrant stance is shortsighted. As we celebrate Black History Month, we should not divide the black community. Should African American/black identity be defined by descendants of slavery, or…
Six historians weigh in on the biggest misconceptions about black history, including the Tuskegee experiment and enslaved people’s finances. To study American history is often an exercise in learning partial…
What is the source of black youth activism? What nurtures it, and how has it evolved over time? Shelter in a Time of Storm: How Black Colleges Fostered Generations of…
Judith Griffin was at a loss for words for about 90 seconds when she got the phone call last September. Rebecca Sykes, then president of the Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation,…