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Feb 08, 2021 11:52 am
Hayma “Screech” Washington has been elected as chairman and CEO of The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, also known as the Television Academy. Washington is the first African-American to hold the position of CEO in the organization’s 70 years of existence. What is the Television Academy? Founded in 1946, this professional honorary organization is […]
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Feb 08, 2021 11:52 am
Thomas Montgomery Gregory was key in cultivating and nurturing the concept of a National Negro Theater Movement during the early decades of the 20th century against the backdrop of an 80-year-old minstrel tradition and the popularity of Black-themed dramatic works by white writers, underscored by the commercially fledgling efforts of Black playwrights in America. Gregory […]
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Feb 08, 2021 11:52 am
Author: Victor Trammell Photo credits: KoreAm Journal via Character Media | OAACC On February 5, 2021, U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris (pictured far left) met with leaders of the Black Chamber of Commerce (BCC) who represented chapters from major U.S. cities across America. Vice-President Harris accommodated U.S. Treasury Secretary Dr. Janet Yellen inside the South Court […]
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Feb 08, 2021 11:52 am
Rudolph Fisher was a physician, roentgenology (radiologist) specialist, novelist, short story writer, dramatist, musician, and orator. Fisher was born in Washington, DC on May 9, 1897 and reared in Providence, Rhode Island. His parents, John Wesley Fisher, a clergyman, and Glendora Williamson Fisher had three children. Fisher’s short life was filled with academic, oratorical, and […]
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Feb 08, 2021 11:52 am
Eslanda (“Essie”) Cardozo Goode Robeson was an anthropologist, author, actor and civil rights activist. She was the wife and business manager of singer and actor Paul Robeson. Robeson was born in Washington, DC on December 15, 1895, mostly descended from Black slaves. Her paternal great-grandfather was a Sephardic Jew whose family was expelled from Spain […]
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Feb 08, 2021 11:52 am
By Victor Trammell Associate Producer: Nomalanga Mhlauli-Moses for HealthyBlackWoman.com Photo credits: HBO Films The young, lovely, yet tragically late Ms. Saundra Bland (pictured) was born on February 7, 1987 in Naperville, Illinois. Bland was one of five beautiful sisters. Her July 2015 death made national headlines and placed major scrutiny on Waller County jail officials. […]
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Feb 08, 2021 11:52 am
Photo credits: Tim Chapman/Getty Images Leon Spinks Jr. (pictured) has reportedly passed away at 67 years of age. According to ESPN via the Firm PR agency representing him, Spinks died of prostate cancer after the disease spread. His wife Brenda, other close family members, and good friends were with him in his final days. Spinks defeated Muhammad Ali in 1978 […]
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Feb 08, 2021 11:52 am
By Lesley Gist, The Gist of Freedom “Before the ship’s owner could arrest them under the 1793 Fugitive Slave Law, a group of 6 black women from the Boston Anti-Slavery Society rushed into the state Supreme Court. While the attorney for Morris was addressing the judge, Someone in the spectator’s section shouted, “Go, go.” Whereupon […]
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Feb 08, 2021 11:52 am
Lewis Grandison Alexander was an American poet, actor, playwright, and costume designer who lived in Washington, D.C. and had strong ties to the Harlem Renaissance period in New York. Alexander was born July 4, 1900, in Washington D.C. As a child, he was educated in the Washington public school system. Little biographical information is available […]
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Feb 08, 2021 11:52 am
The 13th Amendment we know now differs substantially from the one first proposed. The initial amendment would have made slavery constitutional and permanent — and Lincoln supported it. This early version of the 13th Amendment, known as the Corwin Amendment, was proposed in December 1860 by William Seward, a senator from New York who would […]
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