Gladys Bentley: Pioneering Queer Performer
Gladys Bentley consistently and unapologetically broke the unspoken rules of gender norms
Photographs and stories that changed the world
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Gladys Bentley consistently and unapologetically broke the unspoken rules of gender norms
Much of what is widely embraced about the famous activist and orator is mythology, while the truth lives in the shadows.
Galvanized by new electoral laws after the Civil War, thousands of Black men ran for public office both locally and nationally.
Josiah T. Walls was one of them.
Alice Walker’s act of generosity in writing The Color Purple forever revolutionized Black women’s literature.
Charlotte Hawkins Brown and Alice Freeman Palmer: A Portrait of Two American Women Educators
Black Women and the Winning of World War II
A remarkable career of selfless service to country and struggle for racial equality.
The Bravery of Mamie Till-Mobley
“I thank God for making me a man, but Delany thanks Him for making him a Black man.” — Frederick Douglass
Warith Deen Mohammed