In the hot summer of 1955, a 14-year-old boy named Emmett Till left his home in Chicago to visit family in Mississippi. Back in Chicago, Emmett was known for his bright smile and playful jokes. But his mother, Mamie Till, worried about him going to the South. She warned Emmett that the way he acted […]
Rebecca Cox Jackson (1795–1871) was an African-American free woman, best known for her religious activism and for her autobiography. In 1859, she founded the first black Shaker community in Philadelphia. Rebecca Cox Jackson’s autobiography, titled “Gifts of Power: The Writings of Rebecca Cox Jackson, Black Visionary, Shaker Eldress,” was published in 1981 with editing by Jean McMahon […]
Christina Milian, born to Cuban-American parents in Jersey City, New Jersey, discovered her passion for music at a young age. Her early days were spent singing in a church choir, nurturing a talent that would soon catapult her into the spotlight. Milian’s first taste of the entertainment world came when she appeared on the television […]
Isabel Wilkerson stands out as one of the few Black individuals honoured in a field predominantly celebrated by whites. In 1994, at the age of 33, Wilkerson received a Pulitzer Prize for individual reporting for her coverage of the Midwestern floods and a poignant story about a 10-year-old boy taking care of his siblings. Isabel […]
Former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away at the age of 100 on December 29, 2024, was known for his simple and modest way of life. Carter, the first U.S. president to reach 100 years, will be remembered in a funeral service at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on January 9, 2025. President Joe […]
