Today for Black History Month 2019, we are highlighting the iconic singer–Aretha Franklin. Birth Date: March 25, 1942 Hometown: Memphis, Tennessee Fun Facts: Aretha Franklin started off singing Gospel music in the church Aretha Franklin was good friends with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Aretha Franklin was known as the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin sang […]
As the couple accepted their recent BRIT Awards, they bowed down big time to the Duchess of Sussex.
The days of straightening your hair or removing your braids before an interview are officially over.
Today we’re going to talk about a topic that impacts more women and families than we think. When we think about the injustices in prison industrial system, Black men are often the first, and only topic of discussion. But Black women are suffering too—and not just because her ‘boo’ is locked up. March is women’s […]
Lorraine Hansberry, born May 19, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois. Hansberry and her family very hard working, fought discrimination to move into a white neighborhood. She took on her experience and put into her writing. Hansberry became the first Black female author to have her play performed on Broadway. Best known for her play, A Raisin […]
Lorde supported herself while attending Hunter College. Graduating in 1959 she pursed her Master’s in Library Science at Columbia University. From a Land Where Other People Live, was her third volume of poetry that got her nominated for a National Book Award. Being a Black lesbian in the 50’s, her work was the voice to the […]
The MacArthur Genius and two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward was born, April 1, 1977 in DeLisle, Mississippi She isn’t just a novelist , she is also an associate professor at Tulane University. Jesmyn Ward’s work earned her the National Book Award for Fiction for her second novel Salvage the Bones in 2011. Betsy Burton of […]
We know her as Toni Morrison. She was born Chloe Ardelia Wofford on February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio. Toni attended Howard University, where she earned her Bachelors. Later, she attended Cornell University, earning her Masters. Toni Morrison is the first African-American woman to receive a Nobel Prize. Her outstanding work as an author made […]
Gloria Mayfield Banks a Detroit , Michigan native. She was born September 8, 1956. Banks openly shares that she grew up dyslexic. Through that obstacle, she was able to graduate from Howard University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing Later from Harvard University with a Master’s of Business Administration. Gloria was later awarded an honorary doctorate from the University […]
We know , Sister Souljah; but Lisa Williamson was born January 28, 1964 in Bronx, New York. In her collegiate years, she was well traveled; experiencing England, France, Spain, Portugal, Finland, and Russia. Her accomplishments are a mile long; she was heavily involved in creating and starting the African Youth Survival Camp, serves as Executive Director […]
