Bearing News

Celebrating Booker T. Washington

Maddie Murphy • February 27, 2018

As a child born into slavery in Virginia in the mid 1850s, Booker T. Washington put himself through school, with very little support from friends, and became a teacher after the Civil War.

Celebrating Ella Fitzgerald

Katie Whaley • February 26, 2018

Bearing News recognizes singer and songwriter Ella Fitzgerald as a brilliant and inspiring African American in history to remember.

Celebrating Zora Neale Hurston

Grace Dorsey • February 24, 2018

Born in 1891, Zora Neale Hurston’s talent for writing has secured her a spot as one of the Harlem Renaissance icons.

Celebrating Nina Simone

Nikol Slatinska • February 23, 2018

Jazz and classical musician Nina Simone dedicated her life to making music that drove the Civil Rights Movement.

Henrietta Lacks was a black women who gave hold to one of the greatest scientific breakthroughs of her time after enduring a tragedy; stage I cervical cancer. Neither she or her family knew that her cells...

Celebrating Medgar Evers

Emily Oba • February 21, 2018

Before Medgar Evers life was cut short in 1963, he fought and pushed for African American rights throughout Mississippi and the U.S.

Celebrating Kehinde Wiley, Amy Sherald

Moy Zhong • February 20, 2018

[dropcap style="flat"]S[/dropcap]ince 1789, the practice of presidents commissioning portraits of themselves, whether to glorify their egos or to preserve their faces for future generations, has been...

Celebrating Scott Joplin

Jacob Sykuta • February 19, 2018

Scott Joplin was born to perform and compose, entering a family of musicians. After studying at the George R. Smith College for Negroes in Sedalia, MO, Joplin wrote the "Maple Leaf Rag," which eventually became one of the most famous compositions of the 20th century.