October 7: Amiri Baraka was born in Newark, New Jersey, 1934 ... read more »

A grand old man of liberation poetry, Mongane Wally Serote, the poet of the revolution and one of the foremost South African poets to emerge during the Black renaissance of the late 1960s and early 1970, is this year’s National Poet Laureate of South Africa. ... read more »

Born in Los Angeles, Burke discovered a lot of feats, in 1966, she became the first African American woman elected to the California assembly. ... read more / view gallery »

Ayuko Babu explains how the momentum from the L.A. Riots, and help from Donald Glover and Ja'net Dubois, fueled the birth of the Pan African Film Festival. Host: Brandon I. Brooks ... read more / watch video »