Get a good balance of what’s going on in the Black community, a memorial to some people we’ve lost, and a bit of good news in the May 2020 Noire News.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/may-2020-noire-news.
A profile of Pauli Murray, a civil rights activist who became a lawyer, co-founded the National Organization for Women (NOW), and later became the first Black female Episcopal priest.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/pauli-murray/.
A review of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “The Water Dancer”, the story of a young enslaved boy who comes to the attention of the Underground, a mysterious network that helps enslaved people escape to freedom.
Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/the-water-dancer-book-review.
A profile of Chinua Achebe, a Nigerian novelist who wrote stories about interactions between Africans and colonialists but set himself apart by telling them from the perspective of Africans.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/chinua-achebe.
"Waiting to Exhale" is a classic from the 1990s black film canon. Based on Terry McMillan’s 1992 bestseller, the film was released in 1995 directed by Forest Whitaker and featured an all-star cast of female leads which included Angela Bassett, Lela Rochon, Loretta Divine, and Whitney Houston.
Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/waiting-to-exhale-movie-review.
A profile of Dr. Matilda Evans the first Black female MD in South Carolina and a healthcare advocate for Black people as a whole but children in particular.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/dr-matilda-evans.
A historical profile of the Negro Leagues, which consisted of various Black teams and Black baseball leagues that operated during the time of major league baseball's color barrier.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/negro-league-baseball.
A profile of William Still, a Philadelphia based abolitionist who was a prodigious conductor on the Underground Railroad.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/william-still.
A review of "Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present" by Harriet A. Washington which charts the history of unethical medical experiments that have been conducted on Black people.
Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/medical-apartheid-book-review.