Scott Joplin (November 24, 1868 – April 1, 1917) was an African-American composer and pianist. He achieved fame for his ragtime compositions and was...

Scott Joplin (November 24, 1868 – April 1, 1917) was an African-American composer and pianist. He achieved fame for his ragtime compositions and was...
Effie Lee Newsome was one of the first African American poets who primarily published poems for children. She was the author of one volume of...
You know how your closest friends know you so well that they can curate life for you? Knowing and being known is a major refrain in my friendships...
Jacob Lawrence (September 7, 1917 – June 9, 2000) was an American painter known for his portrayal of African-American life and is among the...
Horace Pippin (February 22, 1888 – July 6, 1946) was a self-taught African-American painter. He served in Europe during World War I where he lost...
Romare Bearden (September 2, 1911 – March 12, 1988) was an African-American artist who worked with many types of media including cartoons, oils and...
Henry Ossawa Tanner (June 21, 1859 – May 25, 1937) was an American artist and the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim....
#PictureStudySoWhite you'd think black folks were allergic to paint. If I could remember the password to my Twitter account, I'd tweet that right...
Last week there was a post on our neighborhood app from a guy looking for advice for homeschooling his 9th grader who had fallen in with the wrong...
I love books. I really, really do. The emphasis on living books is one of the things that led me to Charlotte Mason (CM). It resonated with me, and...
When I wrote about my family's need to be around other black homeschoolers, I was scared to publish it. I was afraid to open myself up for unwanted...
In Why I Need a Black Homeschool Group: Part 1, I explained why I started an in-person support group for black homeschoolers and its immediate...