A character guide to one of our featured Black History Month heroes, Sterling K. Brown.
Remembering the late great Dannibelle Hall. Danniebelle Hall was a world-renowned gospel singer. Her songs brought faith and hope to a multitude of devoted listeners. She sang with great gospel artists such as Andrae Crouch (“Take Me Back” and “Soon and Very Soon”). Dannibelle wrote and arranged most of her music, including “Let Me Have […]
A character guide to one of our featured Black History Month heroes, Issa Rae.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waHohT5LPoo This young writer, Morgan Parker is the winner of a Pushcart Prize; which honors the best “poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot”. She has accomplished a large number of poems like, Magical Negro #89: Michael Jackson in Blackface, 13 Ways of Looking at a Black Girl , Beyoncé on the Line for Gaga , and […]
Tyler Perry (born Emmitt Perry Jr.; September 13, 1969) is an American actor, playwright, filmmaker, and comedian. In 2011, Forbes listed him as the highest paid man in entertainment, earning $130 million USD between May 2010 and 2011. Perry created and performs the Madea character, a tough elderly black woman. Perry’s films vary in style […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYyqqy4BnU0 Harryette Mullen was born in Florence, Alabama on July 1, 1953. During Mullen’s time growing up in Texas; her love for writing began. “I’ve loved to write from childhood. I wrote to entertain my family, my friends, and myself,” she said in an interview. Before she graduated from school, Harryette published her first book, […]
Robert Townsend (born February 6, 1957) is an American actor, comedian, film director, and writer. Townsend is best known for directing the films Hollywood Shuffle (1987), Eddie Murphy Raw (1987), The Meteor Man (1993), and various other films and stand-up specials, especially his eponymous self-titled character as the starring role as Robert Peterson on The […]
Mario Van Peebles (born January 15, 1957) is an American film director and actor best known for directing New Jack City in 1991. He is the son of actor and filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles, whom he portrayed in the 2003 biopic Baadasssss!, which he also co-wrote and directed.
A character guide to one of our featured Black History Month heroes, Andrew Gillum.
In 1931, Theodore Frye and Thomas A. Dorsey, also known as the Father of Gospel Music created the first gospel chorus. Dorsey would go on to co-found the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses. With more than 400 compositions, some of Dorsey’s more well-known songs are “Precious Lord,” “Peace in the Valley,” and […]
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 […]
Lyft is offering free rides to Black-owned businesses, Black museums and other cultural institutions for Black History Month.