Rabbit Foot Minstrels
In 1900, Patrick Henry Chappelle, an African American from Florida, produced a musical comedy called “A Rabbit’s Foot,” and by 1902 his Rabbit’s Foot Company
Category: Culture
Chinese Americans in the Mississippi Delta
The Chinese first arrived to the MS Delta during the Reconstruction period (1865-1877). The period was a time of considerable turmoil in Mississippi as the
Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde was an American writer, womanist, radical feminist, professor, philosopher and civil rights activist. Lorde didn’t balk at labels. She was known for introducing herself with
“I Like it Like That”
“I Like It Like That” is a 1994 American comedy-drama film about the trials and tribulations of a young Puerto Rican man and a half
Rainbow Coalition
“ The First Rainbow Coalition begins in 1969, when the Chicago Black Panther Party, notably led by Fred Hampton, forms alliances across lines of race
Smoke Signals (film)
“Smoke Signals” was marketed as the first feature film written, directed, and produced by Native Americans. It is an important movie for Indian Country and
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Michelle Yeoh stars as a Chinese American mother being audited by the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) for her failing laundry business, only to discover that
Grace Lee Boggs Publishes ‘The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the 21st Century’
Movement leader Grace Lee Boggs wrote The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty First Century with Scott Kurashige at the age of 95.
1811 Slave Revolt Louisiana German Coast – Jan 8-10
The 1811 German Coast uprising was a revolt of black slaves in parts of the Territory of Orleans on January 8–10, 1811. The uprising occurred
Black History Month, 1976
The precursor to Black History Month was created in 1926 in the United States, when historian Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study
