Many African-Americans were invited to the White House before 1901, but none of them was invited to dine with the President until Theodore Roosevelt invited African-American educator Booker T. Washington to a dinner at the White House.
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In Photos: This Is What 1890s Jamaica Looked Like – Okay Africa
Making Jamaica, at London’s Autograph ABP, is an exhibition of archival images of Jamaica taken in 1891 by a Scottish maker of landscape photography.
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Don Cheadle to Bring Story of First Black Millionaire on Wall Street to Theaters – Atlanta Black Star
The story of Wall Street’s first Black millionaire won’t be untold much longer as Don Cheadle is adapting the obscure tale for the big screen.
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Mystery and Melancholy Surround Death of Judge Found in the Hudson – The New York Times
The last time someone heard from Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam apparently was on Tuesday when she called her chambers in the Graybar Building in Manhattan to say she wasn’t well and would not be coming in.
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87-Year-Old Woman Sees ‘Slave Cabin’ in Which She Was Born at National African-American Museum – The Root
It was a cabin that housed people who were enslaved starting in 1853 on Edisto Island, S.C.
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A Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance in Maps, Manuscripts, and Art – Hyperallergic
Gather Out of Star-Dust at Yale University’s Beinecke Library is a building-wide exhibition of over 300 rare artifacts from the Harlem Renaissance.
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Black historian wins coveted Philadelphia Award – The Philadelphia Tribune
Long before Charles L. Blockson became a prominent historian, scholar and author, he was boy with a budding passion for the history of his people that could be found bound between the pages of books.
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Library of Congress Digitizes 19th-Century Photos of Black Women Activists – Hyperallergic
The Library of Congress recently digitized rare 19th-century photographs of African American women active in suffrage, civil rights, temperance, education, reform, and journalism.
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Philly’s Jim Crow hiring and business: The legacy of Cecil B. Moore – The Philadelphia Tribune
Cecil B. Moore, who was born 102 years ago on April 2, 1915, is turning over in his grave right now because the city’s Black so-called leaders still haven’t picked up the baton he tried to hand them.
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There was no wave of compassion when addicts were hooked on crack – PBS
Faced with a rising national wave of opioid addiction and its consequences, families, law enforcement and political leaders around the nation are linking arms to save souls. But 30 years ago, it was a different story.
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