"Black Cake" by Charmaine Wilkerson is a book about family and identity. Eleanor Bennett was married with two children who despite being several years apart were very close as children but have become estranged as adults. The siblings are forced to deal with each other in the aftermath of their mother's passing. She has left some recordings for them to watch hoping to share some previously hidden aspects of herself and her life with her children.
Now a miniseries produced by Oprah coming to Hulu on Nov 1, 2023.
Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/black-cake-book-review.
If you’re interested in learning about a lawyer and activist who helped outlaw school segregation in Pennsylvania and later became the first Black judge appointed to the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, then my Raymond Pace Alexander Black History Facts profile is for you.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/raymond-pace-alexander.
A review of “Beloved”, a 1998 film adapted from a Toni Morrison novel that was inspired by the story of an enslaved woman who attempted to kill her children after a failed escape rather than having them return to bondage.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/beloved-movie-review.
If you’re interested in learning about the author of the Obie award-winning and Tony-nominated “for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf”, then my Ntozake Shange Black History Facts profile is for you.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/ntozake-shange.
A review of "The Grim Sleeper: The Lost Women of South Central" by Christine Pelisek which details the investigation that led to the arrest of Lonnie Franklin, a serial killer dubbed the Grim Sleeper.
Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/grim-sleeper-lost-women-of-south-central-book-review.
If you’re interested in learning about the winner of the 1979 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and creator of “The Lewis Model”, then my Sir W. Arthur Lewis Black History Facts profile is for you.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/w-arthur-lewis.
A review of "Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America", a documentary by Jeffrey Robinson an attorney and ACLU representative who discusses the history and development of systemic racism.
Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/who-we-are-a-chronicle-of-racism-in-america-movie-review/.
If you’re interested in learning about the first Black woman from any country to win an Olympic Gold Medal and the first Black female athlete with an endorsement deal, then my Alice Coachman Black History Facts profile is for you.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/alice-coachman.