Tolliver's book A More Perfect Party: The Night Shirley Chisholm and Diahann Carroll ... uncovering information mirrored the search for her own family’s history. “My 91-year-old granddad ...

These days, it’s not uncommon to see a white person joining the Black-founded Greek organizations of the Divine Nine. Though, ...

Across New York, exhibitions highlighting the work of activists, from the mostly unknown to the iconic, offer hope, ...

Receive Lifetime Achievement Awards from President Biden CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — In October 2024, three members of a local family recei ...

Remembering Geraldine P. Boykin, a trailblazing leader and labor strategist who dedicated her life to advancing gender ...

Harris sits in the home she and her family lived in when she was 5 years ... Jackson photographed Harris walking by a portrait of former Rep. Shirley Chisholm by artist Kadir Nelson at the US ...

The city is hosting musical performances, panel discussions, storytelling events and more. Many of the events are free.

Jody Hardy “I Am Nobody’s Slave” by festival author Lee Hawkins explores his family’s long pursuit ... It was a fundraiser and friend-maker for Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman ...

"[Tolliver] lays out how Shirley Chisholm basically lays the foundation for the women to come after her, like Stacey Abrams ... The baby of the family, Lucky, is an LA-based model stuck in ...