by SgambelluriSabrianna | May 27, 2013 | African American History, People
Louise McKinney (née Jones) was an African-American educator, human rights advocate, philanthropist, business woman, community activist, and patron of the arts. She was a long-established galvanizing force of civic life in Seattle and in the State of Washington. Born...
by iwgabrielselassie | May 20, 2013 | Global African History, Perspectives
Yale University literature scholar and historian Vladimir Alexandrov introduces The Black Russian— his new biography of a forgotten African American who led an extraordinary life in Russia and Turkey at the beginning of the twentieth century. The story of this book...
![Richard Pierce [“Richie”] Havens (1941-2013)](https://new.blackpast.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/richie-havens-686x675.jpg)
by LembeckHarry | May 14, 2013 | African American History, People
Born Richard Pierce Havens, Richie Havens was an esteemed musician, writer, educator, and actor. Havens, the eldest of nine children, was born in Brooklyn, New York on January 21, 1941, to a musically talented parents. His Blackfoot Native American father, Richard...
by McLellanCarlton | May 8, 2013 | Global African History, Perspectives
Image Ownership: Public Domain In the article below Hilary Burrage, Executive Chair of the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation, a United Kingdom (UK)-based non-profit organisation, describes the composer and how she came to regard and preserve his work and...
by ItoGailArlene | May 3, 2013 | African American History, People
Wanda Sykes is an American actress, comedian, writer, and voice artist. She is best known for her recurring role as Barbara Baran on the CBS primetime show The New Adventures of Old Christine, and for her comedic roles in such films as Monster-in-Law and My Super...
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