Category Archives: CL HISTORY SPOTLIGHT

Thursday, April 30, 2009 Posted by: J. Dakar

CL HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: ERNIE BARNES

Artist and former professional football player Ernie Barnes has died. He was 70. Best known for his unique, figurative style of painting, Barnes is widely recognized as the foremost African-American artist today. Continue

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Thursday, April 23, 2009 Posted by: J. Dakar

CL HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: FARRAH GRAY

24 year-old entrepreneur Farrah Gray began contributing to his family’s financial support at the age of six. Within a few years, at the age of 14, he made his first million. Part of what motivated him to begin earning money at such a young age was watching his mother work so hard.

“When I went to sleep, she was up; when I woke up, she was up,” Gray says. “So I never really was sure that she did go to sleep. And I really felt that out of that feeling of struggle, my mom had a heart attack, and I said there must be something I can do to help her.”

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 Posted by: J. Dakar

CL HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: SUZAN-LORI PARKS

SUZAN-LORI PARKS (1963-) is a playwright and screenwriter. In 2002, she became the first black woman in 85 years to win a Pulitzer Prize in a drama category for her play, Topdog/Underdog.

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Thursday, April 2, 2009 Posted by: J. Dakar

CL HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN

JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN (1915-2009) was an educator and historian, best known for From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African-Americans, first published in 1947, and continuously updated.

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