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Celebrating the legacy of John Rhoden: Highlighting famed sculptor

Blind Tom Wiggins (May 25, 1849 – June 14, 1908) was an American pianist and composer.[1] He had numerous original compositions published and had a lengthy and largely successful performing career throughout the United States. During the 19th century, Wiggins was one of the best-known American performing pianists and one of the best-known Black musicians.

Charles Burnett, Danny Glover, and Sheryl Lee Ralph on TO SLEEP WITH ANGER

Did You Know That James Baldwin Wrote for Children, Too?

Bessie Stringfield, also known as the “Motorcycle Queen of Miami”, was an American motorcyclist who was the first African-American woman to ride across the United States solo

THE FIRST JAMICAN PILOT to Shoot Down German planes in WW1- WILLIAM ROBINSON CLARKE

Exhibition Tour—The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism | Met Exhibitions

How Black music record stores shaped the sound of the UK. Black music record stores have always been more than just places to buy records. These spaces became lifelines for communities, cultural hubs where people gathered, shared stories and connected over a shared passion for music

These tests, writes Rebecca Onion at Slate, were “supposedly applicable to both white and black prospective voters who couldn’t prove a certain level of education” (typically up to the fifth grade). Yet they were “in actuality disproportionately administered to black voters.”

These tests, writes Rebecca Onion at Slate, were “supposedly applicable to both white and black prospective voters who couldn’t prove a certain level of education” (typically up to the fifth grade). Yet they were “in actuality disproportionately administered to black voters.”

Elizabeth Catlett: The Radical Black Artist America Exiled

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To Jamie Stewart, who died while in police custody, London 1989

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