On the heels of their first blockbuster film, Menace II Society, Albert and Allen Hughes co-wrote, directed and produced the crime drama, Dead Presidents (1993). The film, primarily set in the Bronx borough of New York City, centers around t...
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Issue 10
Set in Houston, Jason’s Lyric, centers upon the life of a young, African-American man, Jason Alexander (Allen Payne). Caring, affable and responsible, Jason is dedicated to his mother, Gloria (Suzzanne Douglas), and his brother, Joshua (Bo...
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Located in Baltimore, Maryland, The Frederick Douglass – Isaac Myers Maritime Park is a national heritage park that honors the contributions of African-Americans to maritime culture. Previously servicing as a shipyard, this maritime park interr...
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Located in the St. John the Baptist Parish, the Whitney Plantation is, according to its website, “is the only plantation museum in Louisiana with an exclusive focus on the lives of enslaved people.” In the 100-plus years of history of its act...
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“Black
music is such a reflection of what is going on in Black life …”
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On September 3, 1895, Charles Hamilton Houston was born in Washington, D.C., to William Le Pré Houston and Mary Houston (née Hamilton). William, whose parents had been enslaved, had become an attorney and Mary worked as a seamstress. ...
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In Baltimore, Maryland, on November 20, 1910, a baby girl was born to William H. and Anne Fitzgerald Murray; they named her Anna Pauline Murray and she was called “Pauli” for short. Her father, a graduate of Howard University, a historica...
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