10 Incredible African American Women One of the very first nods to black history was in 1976 when ‘Negro History Week’ was celebrated in February. Read More » August 22, 2017 Inspiration Women Entrepreneurs Can Have it All Award-winning strategist Racheal Cook believes in helping fem...
Ryan Coogler, fresh off the success of the $173 million worldwide-box-office-grossing Creed, becomes the first African American to write and direct a big- budget superhero flick, Black Panther. This year, his accolades are many: first Warner Bros. creative talent ambassador in the U.K.; ...
Arguably one of the most important figures in American history, Louis Armstong, known as “Satchmo” or “Pops,” was an incredibly influential jazz trumpet player and singer from New Orleans. He is recognized as one of the greatest musicians of all time, having a major role in creating mod...
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The first African-American woman to hold the state’s top judiciary post, Budd leads an entirely Baker-appointed team of seven — and, at just 54 years old, could easily hang onto the position for well over a decade. But even as Budd reshapes state law from the bench, it doesn’t lo...
Many of the musicians of the early blues period (1910-1950) were share croppers. 38. The lyrics of Delta blues are often simple, with repeated lines as a trademark of the style. They also tend to reflect the hard life of the African-American farmers in the south.39. He traveled widely...
Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks’s Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and Mickey Mouse — was often rooted in the racist visual language of blackface and minstrelsy. Cab Calloway’s Fleischer shorts, and their use of rotoscope, saw an African American musician able to voice and perform his own art. Playful...
Manu Dibango, 86. He fused African rhythms with funk to become one of the most influential musicians in world dance music. March 24. Coronavirus. Floyd Cardoz, 59. He competed on "Top Chef," won "Top Chef Masters" and operated successful restaurants in both India and New York. March 25...
In the past 25 years it has evolved so much, getting hipper, becoming a community full of painters, writers, musicians. It has just been such a wonderful place to live, and now it’s gone. Our local hardware store was 130 years old—gone. Farnsworth Park, where we took our dog every...
With her businesses Kiverdi and Air Protein, Dyson — only the fourth African-American woman in history to earn a PhD in theoretical physics — amplifies space-age Nasa research to build a virtuous circle of carbon capture from the atmosphere, ingeniously repurposing biomass as a hope for the ...