The Delaware Precursor to School Desegregation In the annals of American civil rights history, few cases loom as large as Brown v. Board of Education...
In the grand halls of Western academia and the polished drawing rooms of European capitals, there’s a persistent whisper—a smug assertion that European culture stands...
Leon “Ndugu” Chancler, born Leon Chancler on July 1, 1952, in Shreveport, Louisiana, as the youngest of seven children, discovered his passion for drumming at...
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...