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This piece was fantastic!

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Texas Isaiah [he/they] is an award-winning, first-generation North American, visual narrator born in East New York, Brooklyn, and currently residing in Los Angeles. As an autodidact, Texas Isaiah's method prioritizes the endless possibilities of an adequate care system and a more thoughtful and compassionate visual world. In 2020, Texas Isaiah became one of the first trans photographers to photograph a Vogue cover (Janet Mock, Patrisse Cullors, Jesse Williams, and Janaya Future Khan) and a TIME cover (Dwayne Wade and Gabrielle Union-Wade). He is one of the 2018 grant recipients of Art Matters, a 2019 recipient of the Getty Images: Where We Stand Creative Bursary grant, and a 2020-21 artist in residence at The Studio Museum in Harlem.

Bearboi (they/xe/he) is a Black trans photographer and visual content creator from Prince George's County, Maryland and is currently based in Minneapolis. Their personal work predominately celebrates the beauty of everyday life at the intersections of Black queerness, allowing the underrepresented to take up space, be seen, and be heard.

Terrell Brooke (he/him) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles who works with body movement, sound design/experimentation, and vocal exercise to explore BIPOC queer feminist theory. Terrell's most recent works, from rhythmic multi-genre sets to abstracted soundscapes, seek to explore notions of resiliency and femme embodiment and to amplify queer narratives.

C. Riley Snorton is a writer, scholar, and advocate. He is the author of Nobody is Supposed to Know: Black Sexuality on the Down Low (University of Minnesota Press, 2014) and Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity (University of Minnesota Press, 2017). He is also the co-editor of Saturation: Race, Art, and the Circulation of Value (MIT Press, 2020).

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2020-21 artist in residence Texas Isaiah shared digital space with photo sitter and collaborator Bearboi, artist and thought partner Terrell Brooke, and scholar and writer C. Riley Snorton for a conversation that expands the blueprint for a collective archive of Black trans lives.

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It's quite fascinating that the Dusable has an exhibit that explores the re-examining of racist killings in the USA.

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The art and influence of Dr. Margaret T. Burroughs

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I found this article quite intriguing. I loved reading about T. Burroughs. Her life seemed like a good one. She contributed a lot to Black art and culture. While I was looking at her art I got chills, it was so beautiful and detailed.

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I believe that the Sundance Film Festival has given a platform for Black creatives to share their work. The Sundance film festival has featured countless films that have been a celebration of Black history, culture, and life.

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Gladys Knight was one of the artists who participated in the 1969 festival, summer of soul.

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Gladys Knight (The empress of Soul) is an epic singer who has greatly impacted the American music industry.

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Nina Simone was one of the performers in Summer of Soul

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Nina Simone is one of the most influential singers/artists of the 20th century. It's important to honor her this Black history month.

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I'm so happy it's Black History Month

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Produced by: Gamynne Guillotte, with Kristen Hileman & Ann Shafer
Project Management: Suse Cairns, Michelle Boardman
Content Management: Emily Reichert
Image Rights & Services: Zoe Gensheimer, Anna Fitzgerald
Proofreading: Jessica Skwire Routhier
Project Support: Anne Brown, Jay Fisher, Rob Morgan, Nancy Proctor

Photography Credits
© Nick Cave, Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. © Cy Gavin, Courtesy Nicholas Knight and Sargent's Daughters. © Glenn Ligon, Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles. © Kerry James Marshall. © Adrian Piper. © Faith Ringgold. © Alison Saar. © Mickalene Thomas, Photo courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York. © Kara Walker.
Unless otherwise noted, all photography by Mitro Hood.

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Questioning the Canon - Google Arts & Culture

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Some works by contemporary African American Artists at the Baltimore Museum of Art

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Black, queer screenwriter and actress, Lena Waither. My ICON!!

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Black: Color, Material, Concept - The Studio Museum in Harlem - Google Arts & Culture

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“Black: Color, Material, Concept” explores ways that modern and contemporary artists of African descent have considered the multiple and often disparate po...

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TOP 25 QUOTES BY ANGELA DAVIS (of 112) | A-Z Quotes

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Discover Angela Davis famous and rare quotes. Share Angela Davis quotations about prisons, community and justice. "I'm no longer accepting the things I cannot..."

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A cappella doo-wop, gospel sextet Take 6 was formed on the only Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Seventh Day Adventist campus of Oakwood University in 1980 in Huntsville, Alabama. The ensemble's repertoire includes jazz, doo-wop, Contemporary R&B, Negro Spirituals, and Classical European genres of music.

Trombonist/ tenor Claude McKnight, a freshman musician at the time (born October 2, 1962, in Brooklyn, New York), invited fellow schoolmates to audition for a performance. Eventually he selected bass Alvin Chea, tenor Cedric Dent, baritone Khristian Dentley (who later replaced Dent), tenor Mark Kibble, baritone Mervyn Warren, tenor Joel Kibble (who later replaced Warren), and tenor David Thomas.

Take 6's first album Take 6 was released in 1988 on Reprise Records and slod more than one million copies. They followed with a string of gospel hits in the 1990s: in 1990 it was "IL-O-V-EU" from the album So Much 2 Say which peaked at no.19 on the Billboard R&B chart. Two singles off the 1994 album Join the Band, "Biggest Part of Me" and "All I Need" reached no. 36 and 89 on the R&B chart. In 1995, "You Can Never Ask Too Much" from the same album only reached no. 103 on the R&B and "You Don't Have to Be Afraid" from the 1997 album Brothers peaked at no. 113 R&B, suggesting that their popularity was declining.

Nonetheless, on June 30, 2001, Take 6 was invited to the White House by United States President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush for a Black Music Month celebration.

Take 6 has been the recipient of a Soul Train Award, two NAACP Image Awards, 10 Dove Awards, and 10 Grammy Awards, which includes the "Best R&B Performance by A Duo or Group" for their single "Love's in Need of Love Today" in 2002. Also, the ensemble received nominations in the R&B, gospel, pop, and jazz categories.

Take 6 established its own label, Take 6 Records in 2006, and soon released their album Feels Good on it. In 2014 Take 6 was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.

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A cappella doo-wop, gospel sextet Take 6 was formed on the only Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Seventh Day Adventist campus of Oakwood University in 1980 in Huntsville, Alabama. The ensemble's repertoire includes jazz, doo-wop, Contemporary R&B, Negro Spirituals, and Classical European genres of ...