Noire History

If you're interested in learning about the founder of the Palmer Memorial Institute, then my Charlotte Hawkins Brown Black History Facts profile is for you.

Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/charlotte-hawkins-brown.

A review of "Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool", a 2019 Stanley Nelson Jr. documentary about the life and career of the jazz legend. Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/miles-davis-birth-of-the-cool-movie-review.

If you're interested in learning about the electrical engineer who helped develop the system for allowing peripherals and accessories to be added or connected to the personal computer, then my Mark Dean Black History Facts profile is for you.

Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/mark-dean.

A review of "When Affirmative Action Was White" by Ira Katznelson which tells the story of how the progressive programs of the 1930s and 1940s solidified and expanded the White American middle class while excluding Black citizens whenever possible.

Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/when-affirmative-action-was-white-book-review.

If you're interested in learning about the writer and activist who protested discrimination and used her work to champion Black issues, then my Shirley Graham Du Bois Black History Facts profile is for you.

Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/shirley-graham-du-bois.

A review of "Ray", a 2004 Oscar-winning film starring Jamie Foxx in a biopic about the life and career of legendary musician Ray Charles Robinson (better known as Ray Charles).

Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/ray-movie-review.

If you're interested in learning about the poet and cultural theorist who became the first President of the Republic of Senegal, then my Léopold Senghor Black History Facts profile is for you.

Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/leopold-senghor.

A review of "Killing the Black Body" by Dorothy E. Roberts, a good book to discuss intersectionality as it touches on both race and reproductive rights.

Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/killing-the-black-body-book-review.

If you're interested in learning about the noted author who penned the classic book, "Ain't I Woman" about intersectional racism as well as 30 other titles, then my bell hooks Black History Fact profile is for you.

Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/bell-hooks.

A discussion of "Black and Missing", a 2021 documentary in part about Black and Missing Foundation, Inc (BAMFI) but also about the sobering fact that every year in America, hundreds of thousands of people go missing. Of the missing, a disproportionate number are people of color and in particular, Black.

Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/black-and-missing-movie-review.