The “Color Purple” is coming back to theaters this month. According to reports, Stephen’s Spielberg’s adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel will be shown in cinemas across the country during Black History Month to celebrate its 35th anniversary. The film, which introduced Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey to the big screen, has not been […]
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The death of legendary civil rights leader Julian Bond on August 15th left a community bereft, yet grateful for a life well-lived and legacy that will…
Tomorrow across the country, those fed up with the relationship between law enforcement and people of color will rally against unjust police violence. The #SHUTDOWNA14 movment will…
PBS’s new series, “American Masters” will be exploring the life of the incredible writer and activist, Alice Walker tonight, February 7 at 9 p.m. on…
*“American Masters – Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth,” which traces the author’s personal and professional journey from her birth into a family of sharecroppers in…
Spelman College was founded on April 11, 1881 by two teachers in the basement of Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA. After money is gifted…
Legendary poet, Pulitzer-prize winning author and activist, Alice Walker, who has also been a longtime advocate for the rights of Palestinians in the face of…
SOURCE: The Grio Author “Kunbi Tinuoye” Darlene Evans vividly remembers the day she noticed her first gray hair. She was in her 20s, juggling life as a single mom while trying to hold down a job, when she looked in the mirror and there it was: a shiny white hair. Initially she decided to mask […]
