Amanda Gorman is an American poet and activist from Los Angeles, California. Gorman’s work focuses on issues of oppression, feminism, race, and marginalization, as well as the African diaspora. Gorman is the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate. She published the poetry book The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough in 2015. Continue reading Profile: Amanda Gorman (1998-)
Jonathan Majors is an American actor. He is best known for his work in The Last Black Man In San Francisco (2019), as Montgomery Allen. Continue reading Profile: Jonathan Majors (1989-)
On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act, guaranteeing African Americans the right to vote. Continue reading President Johnson signs Voting Rights Act
Merton Daniel Simpson was an American abstract expressionist painter and African and tribal art collector and dealer. Continue reading Profile: Merton Simpson (1928-2013)
