Little Known Black History Fact: Mabel Fairbanks | Black America Web
The late Mabel Fairbanks might not have been afforded the opportunity to chase Olympic gold as an ice skater, but she is still rightfully recognized as a pioneer of the…
After 136 Years, The Met will Finally Host an Opera by a Black Composer | Okayplayer
Terence Blanchard‘s heralded opera, Fire Shut Up in My Bones, is set to make its debut at The Metropolitan Opera House in NYC. Though it had plenty to choose from…
Biography of Gwendolyn Brooks, the People’s Poet | ThoughtCo
In many ways, Gwendolyn Brooks embodies the black American experience of the 20th century. Born into a family that moved to Chicago as part of the Great Migration of blacks…
How a Newspaper Article Saved Thousands of Black Gospel Records From Obscurity |Atlas Obscura
FOR THE LAST DOZEN YEARS, in the basement of a university library in Waco, Texas, a small team of audio engineers has been busy trying to save black gospel music.…
EXCLUSIVE: How This Woman Became the Youngest Black McDonald’s Owner in the U.S. | Black Enterprise
Jade Colin made headlines earlier this month when The Black Professional broke the news that she held the title of the youngest black owner of a McDonald’s in company history.…
How America’s Ugly History of Segregation Changed the Meaning of the Word ‘Ghetto’ | TIME
Today, for many Americans, the word “ghetto” conjures images of run-down and crime-ridden African American segregated areas—“inner cities,” in a common euphemism. This connotation is relatively recent; it has only…
‘Pearson’ star Gina Torres is first Afro-Latina to create, produce and star in her own show | NBC News
Gina Torres was more than ready to leave her acclaimed role as Jessica Pearson after seven seasons of playing the fierce attorney on the USA Network drama “Suits.” After the…
When a black-owned funeral home in a gentrifying city has no one left to bury | The Washington Post
The thick, dusty ledgers were scattered about the cluttered office, 18 of them, their pages filled with neat script documenting the deaths of thousands of black Washingtonians over the course…
Shenandoah National Park Is Confronting Its History | Outside
Four hundred years ago in August, two British pirate ships arrived in Jamestown, Virginia, carrying dozens of enslaved Africans, who they sold to colonists, precipitating more than 200 years of…
The World Of Rosetta Tharpe: A Turning The Tables Playlist | NPR
Without Sister Rosetta Tharpe, we wouldn’t have rock and roll as we know it now. Her pioneering guitar virtuosity was fueled by the gospel swinging, shouting, holy-spirit energy of the…