NNPA NEWSWIRE — Chantél D. Harris’s advocacy for women includes her support of the national initiative Whataboutourdaughters? The organization advances issues for daughters that are motherless, fatherless, homeless, forgotten, or hurting. Harris lost her mother at a young age and says, “After experiencing the loss of my mother and knowing the emptiness that can come from such a loss, Whataboutourdaughters? mission to help motherless daughters is a cause that is very close to my heart.”
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Inspired by Langston Hughes, Jazz Artist Candice Hoyes Talks New Music
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I’m fortunate that I had Black books in my home. It really shaped me and the ideas I want to put across. I always had a special connection to Langston Hughes and his poetry. I live in Harlem now not far from the Langston Hughes home.” Candace Hoyes also lists Sade, Anita Baker, and Billie Holiday among her inspirations.
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Elizabeth Keckley, Thirty Years a Slave, Four Years in the White House
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In the book, “Behind the Scenes or Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House,” Elizabeth Keckley, details her life as a slave who purchased her freedom and then worked in the White House for two U.S. first ladies – Mary Todd Lincoln, the wife of President Abraham Lincoln, and Varina Davis, the wife of President Jefferson Davis.
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BOOK REVIEW: Amber Pickens — Coloring Success and Black History
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Amber Pickens’ original illustrations honor nearly two dozen dance legends, including dancers and entertainers Alvin Ailey, Eartha Kitt, and Debbie Allen, whom she met as a fourth grader.
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BOOKS: ‘Izzy’ gives fresh new look at ‘Black History’
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Author Mia J. Davis recalled the incubator in which “The Adventures of Izzy” was born. “While our children were locked down in the midst of a global pandemic, we all watched with horror as George Floyd’s life was squeezed out of him by a policeman’s knee,” Davis said. “We want our children to know their history, and to be proud of the strides we have made as a people.” That’s where Izzy comes in.
