On February 18, 1940, a baby girl was born in Columbus, Ohio to Leroy and Helen (née Zimmerman) Robinson; they named her Brenda Lynn. That same year, her family moved to Poindexter Village, a new community that was one of the first housing d...
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Issue 23
James Denmark was born on March 23, 1936 in Winter Haven, Florida. He would be reared in a family of artists and this type of upbringing greatly influenced his life, including culturally and artistically. In the biography of James Denma...
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In the sequel to the award-winning hit motion picture, Blacula, this film opens with the impending death of Mama Loa, a dying priestess of vodoun. Surrounded by members of her spiritual group, she, in one of her final acts, declares her succe...
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Referenced as “Dracula’s soul brother” in the film trailer, Blacula is the story an African prince who is bitten by Dracula, the vampire count of Transylvania. Set in 1780, Mamuwalde (William Marshall), accompanied by his wife, Princess...
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“Black music is such a reflection of what is going on in Black life …”
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Located at 551 S. Tryon Street, the Harvey B. Gantt for African-American Arts+Culture is a 46,500 square foot structure that is a repository of Black culture, significantly of Charlotte, North Carolina. Opening in October 2009, it is contempo...
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Situated at a vertical height of 430 meters is the Extreme 19th Hole at the Legend Golf and Safari Resort in the Entabeni Safari Conservatory of the Limpopo Province, South Africa. Adding to the excitement of playing on the 357 meters, par th...
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