Legend of Queen Calafia
Colonial invasion of the west of America leading up to the gold rush took a toll on native Californians. So much so, the names and phenotypes of the original peoples of these territories have become obscured.
Nina Mae McKinney the Black Garbo
Nina Mae Mc Kinney, a native of Lancaster, SC born in 1912, became known as the Black Garbo. Starring on Broadway in the 1928 musical Blackbirds with Bill Bojangles
The Natural Hair Movement.
one of the largest consumer movements in U.S. history, Black American women changed the worldwide 500$ billion cosmetics & beauty industry from 2008-2015 in what has been labeled the natural hair movement. A seemingly en masse rejection of chemical laced relaxers, toxic products and European beauty standards in this time period sent retailers into a frenzy as Black women almost totally halted the practice of hair relaxing and skin bleaching in favor of all
Black Bottom and Paradise Valley Districts also known as the Gotham in Detroit.
Black Bottom and Paradise Valley Districts also known as the Gotham in Detroit. Segregation across the U.S. designed to marginalize Black Americans and destroy native bonds had the unintended
The Staging of Adamu Orisha Play
The Staging of Adamu Orisha Play also known as the Eyo Festival is a Yoruba festival that is very unique to Lagos Island, Lagos, Nigeria.
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