At the heart of Hansberry’s ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ is the universal message of the desire for social progress amid the differing opinions on how to achieve it. A Raisin in the Sun is a play about an African American family aspiring to move beyond segregation and disenfranchisement in 1950s Chicago. Despite its specific era,Continue reading “‘A Raisin in the Sun’ Reveals Playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s Black Activism”
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Pullman Porters
Just a few years after the Civil War, the Chicago businessman George M. Pullman began hiring thousands of African American men—including many former slaves—to serve white passengers traveling across the country on his company’s luxury railroad sleeping cars. While they were underpaid and overworked and endured constant racism on the job, the Pullman porters would eventuallyContinue reading “Pullman Porters”
10 Black Inventors Who Changed Your Life
From the time European settlers began forcing Africans into the horrors of slavery in the early 17th-century American colonies, enslaver stole more than just these men and women’s freedom. Over the course of American slavery’s nearly 250-year history, these particular slaveholders also attempted to take credit for their enslaveds’ inventions, and, as such, there’s noContinue reading “10 Black Inventors Who Changed Your Life”
Black History Facts
Black History Month honors the contributions of African Americans to U.S. history. Among prominent figures are Madam C.J. Walker, who was the first U.S. woman to become a self-made millionaire; George Washington Carver, who derived nearly 300 products from the peanut; Rosa Parks, who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and galvanized the civil rights movement;Continue reading “Black History Facts”
NAACP Image Awards Nominations: Netflix Tops List With ‘Bridgerton’, ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ & ‘Da 5 Bloods’
The NAACP Image Awards nominations were announced Tuesday (February 2,) by Chloe Bailey, Anika Noni Rose and Nicco Annan, along with T.C. Carson and Erika Alexander. Netflix emerged with a leading 48 nominations. The streaming giant featured several projects including “Da 5 Bloods,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “Bridgerton” and “#blackAF.” via: Deadline With his final twoContinue reading “NAACP Image Awards Nominations: Netflix Tops List With ‘Bridgerton’, ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ & ‘Da 5 Bloods’”
IPSY Provides Update To Its $5M Investment Into Black-Owned Beauty Brands
Essence.com HERE’S HOW THE ‘BEAUTY AMPLIFIED’ PROGRAM HAS HELPED THESE BUSINESS OWNERS. Black beauty business has all eyes on its market due to the monetized value our community brings in. Last year, we saw a well-needed boost of support from Black-owned brands and this summer IPSY – the largest beauty subscription service, made a commitment that theContinue reading “IPSY Provides Update To Its $5M Investment Into Black-Owned Beauty Brands”
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