Noire History

I've decided to take some time off from podcast to relax and work on new content. I plan to be back with content in early January. Until then take care.

A review of "The Cutting Season" by Attica Locke, a murder mystery that takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana on the fictional Belle Vie plantation. 

Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/cutting-season-book-review.

If you’re interested in learning about the Harlem Renaissance poet and playwright who created a literary salon for Black writers and intellectuals in Washington, D.C., then my Georgia Douglas Johnson Black History Facts profile is for you.

Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/georgia-douglas-johnson

An expanded review of my visit to the "Tutankhamun His Tomb and His Treasures" exhibit at the Exhibition Hub Art Center in Atlanta which features replicas of artifacts from King Tut's tomb.

Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/tutankhamun-his-tomb-and-his-treasures.

If you’re interested in learning about the Harlem Renaissance poet and later playwright who became a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance while still just in his 20s, then my Countee Cullen Black History Facts profile is for you.

Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/countee-cullen.

There won't be any new episodes of Noire Histoir this week due to Thanksgiving. The show will return on November 29th with a new Black History Facts profile. I hope you enjoy the holiday.

If you’re interested in learning about the the first Black deputy US Marshal west of the Mississippi and likely an inspiration for The Lone Ranger, then my Bass Reeves Black History Facts profile is for you.

Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/bass-reeves.

A review of my visit to the National Museum of African American Music in Downtown Nashville, Tennessee which discusses the museum and the history of Black music in America.

Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/national-museum-of-african-american-music.

If you’re interested in learning about the long-time international editor of Ebony magazine, then my Era Bell Thompson Black History Facts profile is for you.

Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/era-bell-thompson.

If you’re interested in learning about a lawyer and activist who helped outlaw school segregation in Pennsylvania and later became the first Black judge appointed to the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, then my Raymond Pace Alexander Black History Facts profile is for you.

Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/raymond-pace-alexander.

A review of “Beloved”, a 1998 film adapted from a Toni Morrison novel that was inspired by the story of an enslaved woman who attempted to kill her children after a failed escape rather than having them return to bondage.

Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/beloved-movie-review.

If you’re interested in learning about the author of the Obie award-winning and Tony-nominated “for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf”, then my Ntozake Shange Black History Facts profile is for you.

Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/ntozake-shange.