Perri Gaffney adapted her novel, The Resurrection of Alice (J. California Cooper “I love this book!”), into an award winning play. She co-authored two texts with Mitch Weiss; Managing Artists in Pop Music and The Business of Broadway, has articles in Black Masks, African Eye, and The Charlotte Observer, and several poetry commissions.
“Thoughts of a Colored Man” by Keenan Scott, II, debuted on Broadway at the Golden Theatre on October 13th. Seven savvy African American men representing Love,... Read More
🍾Roy Anthony Hargrove was born October 16, 1969 in Waco, Texas. This two time Grammy Award winning jazz trumpeter was discovered by Wynton Marsalis when Marsalis... Read More
🎂Renee Cox, born October 16, 1960, is a Jamaican-American artist, photographer and activist. Renee was born in Colgate, Jamaica and raised in Scarsdale, New York. Often... Read More
🍾Usher Raymond IV, born October 14, 1978 in Dallas, Texas, is a singer, songwriter, actor, and businessman (Owner of Raymond-Braun Media Group record label). Usher’s first 12... Read More
🎂Shirley Ann Caesar-Williams (aka Shirley Caesar), born October 13, 1938 in Durham North Carolina, is a Gospel singer, pastor, songwriter, recording artist, philanthropist and political activist.... Read More
🎂Art Tatum, Jr., born October 13, 1909 in Toledo, Ohio, was a Jazz pianist. He was, unfortunately, born with cataracts that blinded one eye and... Read More
🎂Richard “Dick” Claxton Gregory, born October 12, 1932, was raised in St. Louis, MO. Dick Gregory was known for his groundbreaking political and segregation satires and... Read More
🎂Tramaine Hawkins, (AKA Tramaine Aunzola Richardson) born October 11, 1951 in San Francisco, CA, is a celebrated a gospel singer with two Grammys Awards, two... Read More