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Faith Ringgold’s Retrospective Exhibit “American People”

6 min read

• Art
• Museum
• Women's History Month

Faith Ringgold’s Retrospective Exhibit “American People”

Ellen Levitt 4 years ago

What is North American art? Who are the North American People? There are many answers to these two questions — and more likely — curators,... Read More

U.S. House Representative Maxine Moore Waters 3 min read

• African-American history
• Women's History Month

U.S. House Representative Maxine Moore Waters

Perri Gaffney 4 years ago

Queen Mother of Politics When Deomcratic U.S. House of Representative Maxine Moore Waters spoke out about the George Floyd murder she spoke with with clarity... Read More

The NCBR and the NBTF’s Queen Mother Sylvia Sprinkle Hamlin 5 min read

• African-American history
• Theatre
• Women's History Month

The NCBR and the NBTF’s Queen Mother Sylvia Sprinkle Hamlin

Perri Gaffney 4 years ago

Remembering an Angel Rising After earning a Bachelor’s in Education, Sylvia taught in public school briefly. Then she received a Master’s in Library Science and... Read More

Nzinga, Ancient Ruler of present-day Angola 2 min read

• Women's History Month

Nzinga, Ancient Ruler of present-day Angola

Perri Gaffney 4 years ago

Nzinga was born about 1582 to King Ngola Kiluanji Kia Samba, ruler of what is modern day Angola. As children, Nzinga and her brother, Mbandi,... Read More

Alma Vessells John the quintessential community Queen Mother 2 min read

• African-American history
• Women's History Month

Alma Vessells John the quintessential community Queen Mother

Ronald Bunn 4 years ago

Alma Vessells John, revered in the Harlem community as “Sister John”, was born on September 27, 1906, and grew up in South Philadelphia in a... Read More

Queen Mother Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama 2 min read

• African-American history
• Women's History Month

Queen Mother Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama

Perri Gaffney 4 years ago

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama was born Jan. 17, 1964 on Chicago’s South Side to a homemaker and a factory worker. Watching her father struggle with... Read More

Sidney Poitier the Actor, Scholar, Gentleman and Diplomat 4 min read

• African-American history
• Media

Sidney Poitier the Actor, Scholar, Gentleman and Diplomat

Byron C. Saunders 4 years ago

Someone like us on the silver screen I was 11 years old when Sidney Poitier filmed Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun”. When I saw... Read More

AfroFuturism and Transgenerational Trauma from Slavery Past 2 min read

• Publisher's Page

AfroFuturism and Transgenerational Trauma from Slavery Past

Ronald Bunn 4 years ago

As we close out our February issue, I find myself reflecting on the topics our Routes’ writers and photographers have shared. A recurring theme in... Read More