The Liberator
The Liberator, a weekly newspaper founded by the prominent abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, played a pivotal role in shaping the discourse around slavery in the...
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Beverly Jenkins
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Pioneering Romance Novelist and Historian Beverly Jenkins, born on February 15, 1951, in Detroit, Michigan, is a renowned novelist celebrated for her captivating romance novels...
Sonia Sanchez
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Sonia Sanchez is an influential figure in the world of literature and activism. Born Wilsonia Benita Driver on September 9, 1934, in Birmingham, Alabama, she...
Amiri Baraka
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Amiri Baraka, born Everett LeRoi Jones, was a prominent African-American writer, poet, and playwright. His work was known for its powerful and unapologetic exploration of...
James Earl Jones
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James Earl Jones is an American actor known for his deep and resonant voice. Born on January 17, 1931, in Arkabutla, Mississippi, Jones has had...
John Edgar Wideman
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John Edgar Wideman was born in Washington, DC., in 1941. Shortly before his first birthday, his family moved to Homewood, an African-American community in Pittsburgh,...
August Wilson
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August Wilson, an esteemed American playwright and writer, is best known for his profound and influential series of ten plays called “The Pittsburgh Cycle.” This...
Tananarive Due
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Tananarive Due is an accomplished African-American author, educator, and screenwriter known for her contributions to the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy. She was...
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), government agency established on July 2, 1965, by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to “ensure equality...
Rodney Glen King
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A Life at the Center of History Rodney Glen King was born on April 2, 1965, in Sacramento, California, to Ronald and Odessa King. The...