The beauty and majesty of Africa are enchanting. In Nairobi, Kenya, visitors may experience this enchantment at Giraffe Manor, an exclusive hotel that has been attracting lodgers since the 1930s, approximately four decades after Europeans beg...
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In the last week of May, history was made at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point when it graduated 34 African-American women in its Class of 2019! Although the Class was comprised of more than 950 cadets, they represented the largest num...
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Charles Young was born into slavery on March 12, 1864 to Gabriel Young and Arminta Bruen in Mays Lick, Kentucky, a small village near Maysville. His father escaped from slavery early in 1865, crossing the Ohio River to Ripley, Ohio, an...
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Starring: Ron O’Neal, Carl Lee, Julius W. Harris and Sheila Frazier
Rated: R Action/Crime/Drama
Superfly, along with Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassssss Song (1971) and Shaft (1971), is considered to have “birthed” the Bla...
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Starring: Bernie Casey, Sam Wells, Betty Waldron and Pam Grier
Rated: R Crime/Drama
Based on the novel, Jack’s Return Home, authored by Ted Lewis, Hitman is a “Blaxploitation” film centering upon the main character, Tyrone Tackett (...
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“Black
music is such a reflection of what is going on in Black life …”
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The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum (BSNM) mission, according to its website, is “…to educate the public and to preserve, promote and perpetuate the history, tradition and outstanding contributions of America’s Buffalo Soldiers from the...
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Did you know that 1 out of every 4 cowboys were Black?
Many people, including Paul W. Stewart, did not know this fact; however, Stewart made it his mission to make the historical roles and contributions of these Black cowboys more widely known....
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Starring: Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Peter De Anda, Minnie Gentry and Jonelle Allen
Rated: PG Action/Comedy/Crime
Based loosely on the novel, The Heat is On, by Chester Himes, Come Back Charleston Blue is the follow-...
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Starring: Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart, Judy Pace and Redd Foxx
Rated: R Action/Comedy
Based on the novel of the same title by the inimitable Chester Himes, this film is colorful, well-presented and action-p...
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