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Meet the renowned artist who elevated and preserved black culture through paintings in the 1900s
Meet the renowned artist who elevated and preserved black culture through paintings in the 1900s. Today, his paintings are studied in top universities around the world as a true depiction of the 1920s...
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This Nigerian-American writer’s 7-figure book deal is heading to the big screen
This Nigerian-American writer’s 7-figure book deal with Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group is heading to the big screen. Interestingly, In 2018, 24-year-old Nigerian-American writer Tomi...
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Meet Blanche Dunn, the Jamaican socialite who ruled New York in the 1920s
“…at all the Broadway first nights, a party was not a party, a place not a place, without Blanche.” – Richard Bruce Nugent, popular queer writer and painter in the Harlem Renaissance....
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10 thoughtful Robert Hayden quotes on humanity and arts you need to know
Robert Hayden remains one of the most celebrated writers of his time writing on everyday human experiences and emotions that he believed would live longer and be of more importance than social issues that...
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See the first-ever beauty queens from Africa
Beauty pageants have become one of the most important aspects of the world’s entertainment industry since the first international competition was organised in London in 1951. The main aim of Miss...
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At 17, this actor escaped racism in the US and broke racial barriers in Europe in the 1800s
In 1825, Ira Frederick Aldridge made history as not only the first black man to a play role in a Shakespeare play but the first black man to play the coveted role of Othello, beginning an exciting career...
