Located in Washington Park of the historic Hyde Park area of Chicago, the DuSable Museum of African American History is one of the few independent institutions of its kind in the United States. It is named in honor of Jean-Baptist Point DuSab...
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Issue 5
Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) is one of the greatest writers of America history and in African-American culture. He excelled as a poet as well as a librettist, an arts collaborator, a social commentator, an academy co-founder and author.&n...
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Born on March 12, 1934, Virginia Esther Hamilton was born to Kenneth and Etta Belle (née Perry) Hamilton in Yellow Springs, Ohio. The land upon which she was reared with her four older siblings had been in her mother’s family since the 185...
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There is such a wonderful opportunity to learn and to celebrate the depth and breadth Paul Laurence Dunbar created in his work, especially regarding the diversity of Black cultural life. Although he wrote twelve books of poetry, he was so much more...
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“Black
music is such a reflection of what is going on in Black life …”
&...
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Starring: Fred Williamson, Julius Harris, Tony King and Margaret Avery
Rated: R Action/Crime/Drama
Following up Black Caesar, Hell Up in Harlem continues tracking the ascension, and possible downfall, of Black crime boss, ...
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Starring: Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry, D’Urville Martin and Julius Harris
Rated: R Action/Crime/Drama
Riding the wave of the Blaxploitation era, Black Caesar exploded on the scene, tantalizing Black moviegoers! Black Caesar i...
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