Little Known Black History Facts

The late Gordon Parks was a self-taught artist who went on to break several barriers while also capturing some of the most stirring images of Black America. The Kansas native was born November 30, 1912. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM Parks was born in the town of Fort Scott where his family lived modestly. […]

When I was a kid, my parents had a coffee table book, “Great Negroes: Past and Present.”  Day after day, I would pass through the living room, (because there was no living in the living room) and didn’t really pay attention to the books that lived in the living room.  One weekend before I had […]