On Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1926, in Owensboro, Kentucky, Moneta Sleet, Sr. and Ozetta Sleet (née Allensworth) welcomed a son, Moneta, Jr. When he was a young child of nine or ten years, he was gifted by his parents a box camera. ...
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On August 14, 1911, Ethel Lois Payne was born to William A. Payne and Bessie Payne (née Austin) in Chicago, Illinois; she was the fifth of their six children. Her father, who worked as a Pullman porter, and her mother, a teacher of Lat...
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This film involves an ultraconservative, African-American television executive, Pierre Delacroix (Damon Wayans) and his work at Continental Network System (CNS). Attempting to distance himself from his roots, he has changed his birth name, Pe...
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Starring: Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman, Jr., Esther Rolle and Loretta Devine
Down in the Delta, a story of family and the importance of legacy, is centered upon the main character, Loretta Sinclair (Alfre Woodard). Poorly educated and addicte...
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“Black music is such a reflection of what is going on in Black life …”
~ Mos Def
When the rough edges of the world need to be smoothed …
“Mont...
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Juneteenth
is an American holiday that is celebrated in honor of the legal abolition of
slavery, specifically in Texas in 1865, and the emancipation of
African-American citizens throughout the U.S. Juneteenth, a portmanteau of
“June” and “nin...
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The first wax museum of African American history in the United States, the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum is dedicated to preserving and promoting, through life-like, life-sized wax models, African American culture. Also, as the first wa...
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Founded by Dr. Charles H. Wright in 1965, this museum is presently located at 315 E. Warren Avenue, in the heart of the Cultural Center of Detroit, Michigan. As per its website, the mission of the Charles H. Wright African American History Mu...
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“I’m no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I’m changing the things I cannot accept.”
~ Angela Davis, author, academic, political activist and professor emerita, University of California, Santa Cruz
In...
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