by admin | Sep 4, 2017 | CULTURE, EVENTS, Uncategorized
The First Black History Is No Mystery Gala Event honoring Dr. Alvin Poussaint. by Adrianne Dillion On May 4, 1995, Black History Magazine presented its Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Alvin Poussaint at a gala celebration and fund raiser at the Four Seasons Hotel....
by admin | Aug 31, 2017 | CULTURE, Uncategorized
By Dr. Edward Beasley In many American public schools, Africa has been presented as a continent lacking a creditable history. Students have been taught to think of a dark continent far removed from civilization. But research reveals that students use African products...
by admin | Jun 7, 2013 | CULTURE
The New Negro, 1920-1935 by Dr. David Levering Lewis From the Early 1920s until the mid-30s, artistic tremors rolled through Afro-America. Dramatic societies, literary clubs, and poetry groups sprang up in Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Indianapolis, Nashville, and...
by admin | May 18, 2013 | CULTURE
THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF ESTEEM Interview by William Singleton, Jr. Singleton: How did you succeed? Who helped you? What hurt or hindered you and what ways of thinking encourage you? Dr. Poussaint: I think in my own success my family was very supportive. I grew up in...
by admin | Mar 16, 2013 | CULTURE
Titus Murphy saved Reginald Denny from the worst riot in this century On June 16, 1992 Titus Murphy of Los Angeles, California granted an interview to Black History magazine. He was one of four people who helped save a White truck driver (Reginald Denny), from the...
by admin | Mar 16, 2013 | CULTURE
In The 20th Century: A United State’s Problem Nightline Looks At This Century’s Worst Riots Nightline aired a segment dealing with the Los Angeles riots following the first verdict in the Rodney King police brutality case. We thought it would be of great...
