Drawing on interviews with Black women who sang in all-female vocal groups during the late 1950s and early 1960s, I examine the important role played by integrated public and private schools in the formation of the 1960s girl group phenomenon. From talent shows to choir practi...
Some famous Black female singers sing the blues while other top Black woman artists are pop superstars. Many of the best Black female singers have reached the top of the charts with their catchy tunes. They have careers that span the old guard of the '50s and '60s, on into the disco-...
…The Afrofuturist’s grave rests in Altadena, which was hit hard amid the recent fires that left thousands of Californians without their homes. But her burial site survived: theAPshared an image of the location and reported that it received “minimal damage,” citing a statement on the Alta...
I am old enough to remember the “Black is beautiful” activism of the 60s that purported to improve the self-image of blacks. No more hair straighteners, but corn rows, no more skin lightening treatments, and less overtly expressed but clear: no more inter-racial dating for black men. ...
Don't miss these films and television series, from somber and thought-provoking to moving to hilarious, that weave together diverse threads of the Black experience.
at the center particularly around groups about chemical dependency, food programs that are frequented by ppl suffering from drug dependency, what this does is filling multiple needs of both the community and the individual, by doing so it makes some of the first steps to healing our community,...
Baphometiccovertandveiledworship suck children into a vacuum ofsexual perversionand confusion via media indoctrination. There is a serious problem with a little boy wanting to dress up like aprincessor worse, who believes that he should have actually been born a girl and vice versa there is some...
46 U.S. Navy's first Black female fighter pilot gets her wings 提交时间:4 年以前 Lieutenant Madeline Swegle, who made history as the U.S. Navy's first Black female tactical fighter pilot, received her Wings of Gold on Friday. (www.cbsnews.com)更多... ...
movie studios began to display a heightened sense of responsibility to show black people in a positive light due to pressure from civil rights groups like the NAACP. Thus, as Sidney Poitier came to epitomize the “dignified” cinematic African-American ideal, comedic actors like Mantan Moreland ...
As for ableism: The X-Men were founded by (yes rich and white but still) a wheelchair-bound man. Jubilee is an Asian American girl who suffers from dyscalculia and is bad at math. Again, Karma (Vietnamese) is an amputee. Forge (Cheyenne) is a war veteran and an amputee who designe...