This vignette covers Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. She was the poet laureate of Illinois, and an influential poet of the Black Arts Movement whose poignant work continues to inspire.  

In this vignette, we will honor the great Anti-lynching crusader… Feminist… and suffragist, Ida B. Wells Barnett, one of the Greatest Black Boss Ladies in History.

Construction, Politics & Self Discovery: The Journey of a Black Woman Real Estate Developer. In this episode, we interviewed Yaphett El-Amin, President of Efficacy Consulting and Development, a private company founded in 2007 that builds 'whole' communities.