Artist Talk: Shantrelle Lewis
By C. Zawadi Morris New Orleans Native and Bed-Stuy resident Shantrelle P. Lewis is the director of public programming and exhibitions at the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI). …
A Black History Moment: Synthia St. James, Fine Artist, Illustrator, Designer, Author
by Rev. Irene Monroe Synthia Saint James (1949 – ) Fine Artist, Illustrator, Designer, Author You may not know her name, but you have seen her paintings everywhere from gift …
Artist Captures Artists in Local Show, B. jAXON wants to keep the legacy of African American blues and jazz alive.
By Jim Caroompas The faces say it all – the sorrows, passions, joys, pain, are all there in the folds of the face, and most of all in the eyes. …
Pianist Kimberly Cann, 29, makes a musical mark on Asheville
How does a young classical pianist new to Asheville find a place in this area’s flourishing, some would say crowded, music scene? For 29-year-old Kimberly Cann, who moved here two …
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Ala. Amistad Murals to go on nationwide tour
Ala. Murals depicting the famed slave revolt aboard the trading ship Amistad, which have hung on the campus of Talladega College for more than 70 years, are soon going on …
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Keeping a Bucks sculptor’s legacy alive
A new scholarship this fall at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts honors the late Selma Burke, a Bucks County sculptor whose work is familiar if you’ve ever studied …
Thornton Township Black History Program Honors Dr. Margaret Burroughs
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 9:14 AM CST Thornton Township paid tribute to the late Dr. Margaret Burroughs, artist, poet, teacher and co-founder of the DuSable Museum of African American History …
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Malcolm X’s Daughter Extradited to New York
By Kirsten West Savali Malikah Shabazz, youngest daughter of iconic human rights activist, El Hajj Malik el-Shabazz (Malcolm X), has been extradited from North Carolina to New York City to …
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Benjamin Alvin ‘Al’ Drew Jr. Performs 2 Spacewalks as Part of Final Discovery Mission
By Jeff Mays As the Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final descent from the International Space Station Wednesday morning and then heads to the Smithsonian Institute to be preserved for …
Usher joins Beyonce, Nelly Furtado in donating Qaddafi money
By Ruth Manuel-Logan R&B crooner Usher (pictured above) is the most recent A-lister celeb who is hanging his head low after learning that he accepted “blood monies” from Libyan terrorist …
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Former Black Pizza Chain CEO Herman Cain Wants to Be President?
By Paul Shepard Herman Cain (pictured), former part-owner of the Godfather’s Pizza chain, wants to be president; yet, the 65-year-old Atlanta man is a stranger to most Americans. That will …
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President Clinton Honors Little Rock Nine
By: Manning Marable President Clinton joined members of Congress in presenting Congressional Gold Medals to the members of the “Little Rock Nine” (left) in recognition of the selfless heroism they …
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The Murder Of Emmett Louis Till The Spark that Started the Civil Rights Movement
By: Keith A. Beauch Unless you know the story of Emmett Louis Till, you do not know the racial dynamics that led to the Civil Rights Movement. The murder of …
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