In this year’s Pomegranate calendar edition, pioneering radio and TV dramatist, journalist and activist Richard Durham is being featured during the month of June. Check out this calendar entry, and here’s a sample (from my audiobook) of his creative radio drama magic. Enjoy!
Find some amazing books – on sale – from the University of Illinois Press during the next few weeks. And yes, my book, Word Warrior: Richard Durham, Radio, and Freedom is part of this sale. Have fun checking out all of the possibilities!
Althea Gibson. She was a one-of-a-kind tennis star and golf professional. Back in 1957 and 1958, Gibson became the first African American ever to win the coveted championship titles in Wimbledon and in what is now the U.S. Open. By the time her tennis career ended, she had walked away with about 58 national and…
On April 25, 2023, the world lost a gifted artist and committed activist – a man who was never shy about speaking (or singing) truth to power. With his passing, Harlem born Harry Belafonte joined his long time friend and fellow artist Sidney Poitier among the ancestors. Both men will be sorely missed. During the…
Madie Hall Zuma. You might not know her name or her accomplishments, but Hall Zuma was an influential activist. As a Black woman who was born and raised in America’s Jim Crow South (Winston-Salem, North Carolina), she would become an educator and then the wife of the first president of South Africa’s African National Congress…