Located on the eastern edge of a marsh, two miles north of St. Augustine Florida, Fort Mose (pronounced Moh-Say) is the site of the earliest known legally sanctioned free black community in the present U.S. In 1738, the Spanish governor of Florida chartered the settlement of Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose, or Fort [...]
Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, Seattle, WA
Photo: Santana Shelton as Opal in John Sayle’s Honeydripper. Seattle’s annual Langston Hughes African American Film Festival offers up both feature length and short films by independent film makers from around the world that portray a wide variety of Black life. The event always attracts a very passionate and diverse crowd, who appreciate films by and about people of African-decent [...]
“Black Eden” and “Idlewild: The Black Eden of Michigan”
“Black Eden” chronicles the history of Idlewild, one of the many American black communities founded during the aftermath of the Civil War. As Michigan’s most popular black resort, Idlewild functioned as a gathering place for African Americans and, more important, as a touchstone of black identity and culture. Benjamin C. Wilson and Lewis Walker examine [...]
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