The Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection, housed in Chicago’s Carter G. Woodson Library, is an invaluable display of the flowering of Black history and culture within a Northern, urban environment galvanized by the energy of hundreds of thousands of post-war Black migrants from the South.
Category: Women
*On The Color Purple and Beloved film adaptations…
I remember when The Color Purple movie came out in 1986. To have a beautiful and serious movie, that was not about Blacks killing each other or acting stupid but truly featured the story and amazing acting, was a big event. Oprah Winfrey was already a sort of star, and the other actors were people we knew as well. … Continue reading *On The Color Purple and Beloved film adaptations…
Real Talk: On The Loss of Olympian Kamara James and Black Women’s Mental Health
How did Kamara James, at 29, wind up mysteriously deceased in her U.S. apartment...with her last years on Earth clouded by mental illness, presumed schizophrenia, poverty and homelessness?
To Confess or Not To Confess?
Confession is always a failsafe writing prompt.
How To Get Away With Hunger
“The word that I would like to eradicate today is ‘unspeakable,’ because I think everything should be spoken.”- Viola Davis, on childhood struggle with hunger
Afrikka Hardy, 3 Other Identified Black Women and 3 Jane Does Found Dead in Gary, IN
A scary nightmare of ongoing violence against Black women has come to the surface in Indiana.
On the Channon Christian and Chris Newsom losses of life, and Vanessa Coleman’s impending parole*
*Since the time of this writing, Tennessee courts have upheld the decision to keep all offenders involved in this tragedy behind bars, including the female accomplice who was up for parole this December. Vanessa Coleman's parole was DENIED. Among the reasons for denial were a "depreciation" of the seriousness of what took place in a … Continue reading On the Channon Christian and Chris Newsom losses of life, and Vanessa Coleman’s impending parole*
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