Gwendolyn Brooks (born 1917) was the first African American to receive a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and is best known for her intense poetic portraits of urban African Americans. Gwendolyn Brooks was born on June 7, 1917, in Topeka, Kansas. The eldest chi...

Gwendolyn Brooks holds a unique position in American letters. Not only has she combined a strong commitment to racial identity and equality with a mastery of poetic techniques, but she also has managed to bridge the gap between the academic poets of her...

Throughout her career Gwendolyn Brooks has been committed to a political vision of black liberty and equality while refusing to sacrifice the complexity and sheer beauty of her art. In light of her achievement she has become considered by many to be one...

Schleier, Curt The Jewish Week 04-22-2005 Comedy Central star left behind fleeting thoughts of the rabbinate to become a spirited performer. Lewis Black as a child wanted to become a rabbi. Yes, that Lewis Black. The acerbic, fed-up-with-all-forms-of-stupidity, fingers-flailing-in-the-air comedian wanted...

The battle over racial identity in Brazil Brazil is often described as a "racial democracy" because of the high number of interracial marriages and easy banter between the races in everyday life. Nothing could be farther from the truth. In 1997,...

The game starts with you playing as Keller, a military operative who messed up a few missions and is now being questioned by a government agent about what happened. There’s a Spy Game-type of story telling with Keller giving up details as to what happened...

In the second-floor balcony of a dimly lit Manhattan bistro, the three sisters of Black Buddafly are eating light, despite tempting selections like rice and peas and jerk chicken. Perhaps these German-bred imports (born to a German mom and Senegalese dad) are more inclined to...