Our list of “The 25 African American LGBTQ+ people that Hollywood should consider making a biopic about right away” represents people from all walks of life. These entertainers, politicians, journalists, activists, and athletes have blazed […]
We present Dr. Kevin McGruder, Vice President of Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of History at Antioch College. Dr. McGruder is the author of Philip Payton: The Father of Black Harlem, published by Columbia University Press […]
Still from Queer Harlem Renaissance : A Prospectus (prod. by Shoga Films) (c) Robert Phillipson From Shoga Films monthly newsletter Autumn in New York We’ve been talking about the Queer Harlem Renaissance for years. Now, […]
Photo Credit © WIKIPEDIA b. September 15, 1889 d. May 22, 1948 “If a man is not faithful to his own individuality, he cannot be loyal to anything.” Claude McKay was a prominent bisexual Jamaican poet […]
Photo Credit © MSS 113, ALICE DUNBAR-NELSON PAPERS, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE LIBRARY, MUSEUMS AND PRESS, NEWARK, DE. b. July 19, 1875 d. September 18, 1935 “Unwittingly, you’ve made me dream / Of violets, […]
Alain Locke Father of the Harlem Renaissance b. Sept. 13, 1885d. June 9, 1954
“Pardon me, but are you walking toward the stars?” – Richard Bruce Nugent “Smoke, Lilies and Jade” to Screen in Directors’ New Home Town From Shoga Films monthly newsletter (c) Robert Phillipson After 15 years in […]
Photo Credit © COLLECTION OF THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE b. August 12, 1907d. January 18, 1960 “It seems I was born different. At least, I always thought I was.”Gladys […]
October 21: Alain Locke, Father of The Harlem Renaissance Photo © Van Vechten Trust“Art must discover and reveal the beauty which prejudice and caricature have overlaid.”Sept. 13, 1885 – June 9, 1954 Alain Locke was […]
Photos Courtesy of Joe Okonkwo Joe Okonkwo is an accomplished Queens, New York based writer. His short stories have appeared in Promethean, Cooper Street, and Shotgun Honey. For several years he made his living in theater […]
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