Day: February 23, 2022
Josephine Baker Is The First Black Woman Who Will Be Buried At The Pantheon In Paris
PARIS — The remains of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker will be reinterred at the Pantheon monument in Paris, making the entertainer who is [more…]
‘Black skin was a death warrant’: how the East St Louis race massacre was an omen for racial violence to come
Four years before the Tulsa race massacre, white mobs firebombed homes and decimated a Black community in Illinoisby Bayeté Ross Smith. Essay by Susan Smith Richardson The racial violence in East St Louis, [more…]