Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz Vanguard Award, USBC 2026 Power 50 Women of Influence, and Forbes 250 Innovators Among Recent Recognitions for Co-founders Dr. Gina Paige and Dr. Rick Kittles Washington, DC – Once approached…
Few works in American performing arts have achieved the enduring impact of Alvin Ailey’s Revelations. Premiering on January 31, 1960, at New York’s 92nd Street YM-YWHA, the 36-minute ballet has become the most widely seen…
A brick, a beach, and a lesson that never stopped moving By Ben Jealous (TriceEdneyWire.com) – There is an old man in the movement who still brims with the courage and love forged on a…
Powerful new documentary uncovers the stories of Black Americans who fought to define democracy during the American Revolution ARLINGTON, VA — PBS premiered a new one-hour film, Declarations: Black Americans and the Revolutionary War, on Monday, June 29. Produced…
Margena A. Christian, University of Illinois Chicago During the 1960s, in a country divided by racial strife, the music of Berry Gordy Jr.’s Motown Records helped bring people together. Motown was noted for star performers…
Austin McCoy, West Virginia University The CBS television show “It’s What’s Happening Baby” aired a music video featuring Martha and the Vandellas performing their hit song “Nowhere to Run” to kick off its national broadcast…
Gail Fisher Born beautiful in 1935, Black American actor Gail Fisher became famous because of her talent. Now, she’s best known for the ‘firsts’ she accomplished during her career. Fisher started out as a beauty…
Roxy Roker Born in 1929 in Miami, where her dad had emigrated to from The Bahamas, Roxie Roker grew up in Brooklyn, New York. She became active in theater while attending Howard University. She graduated…
Nina Mae McKinney MGM didn’t have parts for Nina Mae McKinney and a role she did land, in “Reckless” with William Powell and Jean Harlow, was basically left on the cutting room floor. It was…
Oscar Micheaux The barrier-breaking Black American filmmaker Oscar Devereaux Micheaux was, first and foremost, a writer.Born in Illinois in 1884, to parents who had been enslaved, Micheaux published his first novel in 1913 and went…