Claudette Colvin: A Record of Courage
Claudette Colvin helped end bus segregation in court—then spent decades carrying the state’s criminal label for an act the nation now celebrates.
A Black Steamboat Dream on the Potomac
In 1895, Washington’s Black business class created mobility—and sold it, one ticket at a time.
The Second Reconstruction: Restoration and Aggrievement
In a country remade by grievance, a movement that calls itself “restoration” sets its sights on civil rights, public schools, and the very meaning of equal protection.
Forty Acres Begins as Testimony
Before it became a proverb—and a broken promise—“land” was a demand spoken plainly in a parlor turned war office.
The Man Who Built a Sound
Berry Gordy didn’t just found Motown. He engineered a Black-owned institution that trained talent, manufactured hits, and quietly rewrote what America would call “pop.”
The Big Man Theory
Why Clarence Clemons’ presence—physical, racial, musical—changed what rock concerts were allowed to look and sound like.
Black Brilliance, Measured and Gated
Declan and Maddox Lopez tested into the rarefied air of Mensa. Their story is also a reminder: intelligence is real, complicated—and never just a number.
The Designer Who Dressed the City
Willi Smith didn’t sell aspiration as distance. He sold it as movement—affordable, collaborative, and alive on the street.
Before Brooklyn Was “Brooklyn,” There Was Weeksville
An independent Black community engineered its own economy and institutions—and, in the process, left a blueprint for survival in a city built to forget.