A Lost Work by Langston Hughes Examines the Harsh Life on the Chain Gang
In 1933, the Harlem Renaissance star wrote a powerful essay about race. It has never been published in English—until now It’s not every day that you...
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T. Thomas Fortune
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Though not as well known today as many of his contemporaries, T. Thomas Fortune was the foremost African American journalist of the late nineteenth and...
Negro World
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The Negro World (1918–1933) was the organ of Marcus Garvey‘s Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), the most massive African-American and Pan-African movement of all time....
Hubert Harrison, the radical Caribbean immigrant in Harlem who was described as the ‘Black Socrates’
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Hubert Harrison is one of the important figures of twentieth-century African-American history. Fondly known as “the Black Socrates,” a title bestowed on him by John...
David Walker
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In 1829, African-American abolitionist David Walker wrote an incendiary pamphlet that argued for the end of slavery and discrimination in the United States. David Walker...
Shahrazad Ali
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Mrs. Shahrazad Ali was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, on February 5, 1947. She was a daughter of Harry and Lucy (Marshall) Levy. Shahrazad...
Lunsford Lane
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Born just outside of Raleigh, North Carolina on May 30, 1803, Lunsford Lane exhibited entrepreneurial talent as a child and a determination as an adult...
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
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Charlayne Hunter-Gault, née Charlayne Hunter, (born Feb. 27, 1942, Due West, S.C., U.S.), American newspaper reporter and broadcast journalist who covered current events, geopolitics, and...
Sophia Stewart
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The writer of the Terminator and Matrix movies Child prodigy, prolific writer, poet, and creative genius are just a few of the terms used to...
The Willie Lynch Letter
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The Willie Lynch Letter: The Making Of A Slave! This speech was delivered by Willie Lynch on the bank of the James River in the...