Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa was born on November 17, 1952, in Johannesburg, South Africa, the second of three children of Samuel and Erdmuth Ramaphosa. His family...
A Trailblazing Actor, Producer, & Activist Robert Hooks, born Bobby Dean Hooks on April 18, 1937, in Washington, D.C.’s Foggy Bottom neighborhood, is a pioneering...
Roscoe Lee Browne was a towering figure in American theater, film, and television—a baritone-voiced polymath whose career spanned over five decades. Born on May 2,...
Abbey Lincoln, born Anna Marie Wooldridge on August 6, 1930, in Chicago, Illinois, was a pioneering American jazz vocalist, songwriter, composer, and actress whose career...
A Towering Figure in American Cinema Julius W. Harris was a formidable presence in American film and television, known for his deep voice, imposing stature,...
A Historical and Contemporary Perspective Segregation in Canada, while often overshadowed by the more overt Jim Crow laws of the United States, was a pervasive...
A Life in Art, Activism, and Exile Lennox Alison Raphael (September 4, 1939 – November 27, 2023) was a Trinidadian-born poet, playwright, journalist, painter, and...