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Jane M. Bolin: The African-American Female Pioneer

Jane M. Bolin in 1942 On this very day seventy-five years ago, Jane M. Bolin became a pioneer for African-American females in law when she became the first black female […]

The Last Renaissance Woman: Dorothy West

February 26, 2014/in Authors Dorothy West History Poetry Travel /by Joe

“When I was a child of 4 or 5, listening to the conversation of my mother and her sisters, I would sometimes intrude on their territory with a solemnly stated […]

Carl Van Vechten: Capturing the Era

February 21, 2014/in Authors History Poetry /by Joe

Willard Motley’s Chicago Style

February 20, 2014/in 1960s Authors Education History Travel /by Joe

A Look Back: Figure Skater Debi Thomas

February 19, 2014/in Education History Olympics Sport /by Joe

Today the world tunes in to the Sochi Olympic Games to watch the Women’s short program in figure skating that, in combination with the long program that occurs tomorrow, will […]

Trying to Grapple with the Big Problem: The Writings of Richard Wright

February 10, 2014/in Authors Civil Rights Education History Poetry /by Joe

Photograph © Carl Van Vechten Richard Wright was one of the most important black novelists of the 20th century, and “easily the most famous Negro novelist of the decade,” as […]

Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 20, 2014/in 1960s Civil Rights Education History Sport /by Joe

In February of 1968, Arthur Ashe, then a lieutenant at West Point, received a letter from Martin Luther King, Jr. At that time, he had yet to win a Grand […]

A Nexus: MLK and the State of Poverty in America

January 20, 2014/in 1960s Civil Rights History /by Joe

The month of January exhibits an interesting intersection between a cause, ‘National Poverty in America Awareness Month,’ and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s birthday, the champion of the American Civil […]

Arthur on African-American Athletes

January 14, 2014/in Arthur Ashe Civil Rights Education History Olympics Sport /by Joe

In 1989, having just published A Hard Road to Glory, Arthur Ashe speaks with Harold Dow about African-Americans in sports and the role that African-American athletes have played in the greater […]

Remembering Nelson Mandela: “Sport has the power to change the world”

December 10, 2013/in Apartheid Arthur Ashe Commemorations History Mandela Olympics Sport Tennis /by Joe