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Today We Honor Gloria Richardson

In the fight for civil rights, some voices stand out like shining stars in a dark sky. Gloria Richardson is one of those stars, a brave leader who made a real difference in the struggle for equality. Her work, especially in Cambridge, Maryland, changed lives and inspired many to join the battle against injustice. Honoring Gloria Richardson means recognizing her powerful impact on civil rights and the importance of standing up for what is right.

Her incredible journey as a leader in the civil rights movement deserves recognition and respect.

“We ask for nothing that is not right, and herein lies the great power of our demand.” - Paul Robeson

Today In History

Richard Wright, author of Native Son and Black Boy, was born in Roxie, MS, on this date September 4, 1908.

Wright was an author of novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction. Much of his literature concerns racial themes, especially related to the plight of African Americans during the late 19th to mid-20th centuries suffering discrimination and violence.

Today We Honor Eartha Kitt

A international star who gave new meaning to the word versatile. Eartha Kitt distinguished herself in film, theater, cabaret, music and on television.

With her appearance in the Broadway revue Leonard Sillman’s New Faces of 1952 and with early 1950s recordings such as “C’est Si Bon,” “Santa Baby,” and “I Want to Be Evil,” lead Eartha Kitt the role of Catwoman in the late 1960s series Batman, where she became a super star!

Miss Kitt was one of only a handful of performers to be nominated for a Tony (three times), the Grammy (twice), and Emmy Award (twice).

And, who can forget her roll as ‘Lady Eloise’ is the 1992 hit classic movie “Boomerang.”

“They came down on us because we had a grass-roots, real people’s revolution, complete with the programs, complete with the unity, complete with the working coalitions, where we crossed racial lines.” - Bobby Seale

“I dissuade Party members from putting down people who do not understand. Even people who are unenlightened and seemingly bourgeois should be answered in a polite way. Things should be explained to them as fully as possible. I was turned off by a person who did not want to talk to me because I was not important enough. Maurice just wanted to preach to the converted, who already agreed with him. I try to be cordial, because that way you win people over. You cannot win them over by drawing the line of demarcation, saying you are on this side and I am on the other; that shows a lack of consciousness. After the Black Panther Party was formed, I nearly fell into this error. I could not understand why people were blind to what I saw so clearly. Then I realized that their understanding had to be developed.” - Huey P. Newton

Today We Honor Keith David

A native New Yorker, a human nature for big lights in the big apple, an accomplished film, television and voice actor, Keith David knew at the age of 13 he wanted to pursue a career in acting.

He stared in films such as ‘Crash’, ‘There’s Something About Mary’, ‘Barbershop’, ‘Men at Work’, ‘The Thing’, ‘They Live’, ‘Pitch Black’ ‘The Chronicles of Riddick’, ‘Armageddon’, ‘Platoon’, ‘Requiem for a Dream’, ‘Dead Presidents’, and ‘Atlanta.’

He received Emmy Awards as the narrator of several Ken Burns documentaries, including ‘The War’.

In all Keith’s roles, he has made them memorable with the brilliance of his acting, and deep commanding voice.

“People in millenniums ahead will know what we were like in the 1930’s… and the important major things that shaped our history at that time. This is as important for historic reasons as any other.” - Gordon Parks

Today In History

James Baldwin, powerful author, playwright, activist, and voice of the civil rights movement was born on this date August 2, 1924 in Harlem, New York.

Baldwin published the 1953 novel Go Tell It on the Mountain, receiving acclaim for his insights on race, spirituality and humanity. As a writer, he garnered acclaim across various mediums, including essays, novels, plays, and poems.

Some of his well-known works are: Giovanni’s Room, Another Country, Just Above My Head, Notes of a Native Son, Nobody Knows My Name, The Fire Next Time, and No Name.

He is considered to be one of the most considerable essayists in history.

Happy Born Chuck D! ✊🏾

Revolutionary, hip hop icon, social activist, author, film producer, and digital music pioneer. Few can hold these titles with the impact and influence that Chuck D has had on modern pop culture and philosophy.

Co-Founder of Public Enemy

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Today In History

Charles Clinton Spaulding, businessman who helped the NC Mutual Insurance Co. grow from $350 to $43 million in assets, was born in Columbus County, NC, on this date August 1, 1874.

Spaulding provided leadership in the National Negro Insurance Association and the National Negro Bankers Association by 1920. In 1942, the New York Chamber of Commerce, mainly a white body, elected him to membership.

He served as a trustee for Howard University, Shaw University, and North Carolina College at Durham.

He was also active in politics. He helped establish the Durham Committee on Negro Affairs in 1935, serving as its first chairman. As national chairman of the Urban League’s Emergency Advisory Council from 1930 to 1939, he campaigned to secure New Deal jobs for African-Americans.

Today We Honor Laurence Fishburne

Nicknamed “Fish” aka “Furious Styles” Laurence Fishburne started his theatrical career at the young age of 10.

Fishburne rise to fame came starring in movies such as “Cornbread, Earl, and Me,”Apocalypse Now,“ “School Daze,” “King of New York,” “Boyz in the Hood,” “Cadence,” “Deep Cover,” “Hoodlum,” “The Matrix,” and “John Wick” to name a few…

Fishburne’s other small-screen credits included a guest role on the series “black-ish,” and “Tribeca,” for which he received his first Emmy Award.

He’s also the recipient of a Tony Award for his work in August Wilson’s play Two Trains Running.

“Black people need some peace, white people need some peace, and we’re gonna have to fight, we’re gonna have to struggle, we’re gonna have to struggle relentlessly to bring about some peace, because the people that we’re asking for peace, they’re a bunch of megalomaniac warmongers and they don’t even understand what peace means… We got to fight’em, we got to struggle with them to make them understand what peace means.” - Fred Hampton

“You can jail a revolutionary, but you can’t jail a revolution.”

“Turn up the bass, check out my melody, hand out a cigar, I'm lettin' knowledge be born, and my name's the R… A-K-I-M, not like the rest of them, I'm not on a list, catch what I'm sayin', I drop science like a scientist” - Rakim, My Melody, Eric B. & Rakim

Downtown Brooklyn in the 80s hit different… The impact and influence on Hip-Hop Culture is unmeasurable.

The attitude, and confidence reign supreme.

Jamel Shabazz images offer a nostalgic look at the golden era of hip-hop culture while also highlighting the sense of unity and self-expression within…

Throughout his career, Jamel Shabazz’s photography has consistently focused on themes of identity, culture, and empowerment. His images capture moments of joy, resilience, and pride, showcasing the strength and dignity of his subjects…

Jamel’s photography not only captures moments in time, but also serves as a visual archive of urban culture, offering a testament to the resilience, and humanity of the people he documents…

His work remains an important contribution to the culture’s representation, and social awareness.

Jamel Shabazz’s legacy as a photographer is deeply tied to his commitment to representing marginalized voices and sharing their stories through his camera lens…

His work continues to influence photographers, artists, and individuals interested in documenting social and cultural dynamics.

CARTER Magazine is honored and fortunate to have the opportunity to collaborate with Jamel Shabazz on their upcoming book “Albee Square Mall: Once Upon A Time In Downtown Brooklyn 1980-1989” coming soon.

You can get a glimpse of the book @albeesquaremall

A @jamelshabazz @cartermagazine @dupremethegod collaboration.

I am so hip, even my errors are correct… I sailed west to reach east, and had to round off the earth as I went… The hair from my head thinned and gold was laid across three continents… I am so perfect so divine so ethereal so surreal… I cannot be comprehended except by my permission…

I mean . . . I . . . can fly - like a bird in the sky . . .

- Nikki Giovanni

“I had no regrets, I have no regrets, I will never have any regrets. We were there to stand up for human rights and to stand up for Black Americans.” - Tommie Smith

“We were trying to wake the country up and wake the world up too… How can you ask someone to live in the world and not have something to say about injustice?” - John Carlos

“Every man is born equal and should be treated as human. I won a silver medal. But really, I ended up running the fastest race of my life to become part of something that transcended the Games.” - Peter Norman

Lena: “It’s dangerous, son.“

Walter: “What’s dangerous?”

Lena: “When a man goes outside his house to look for peace.”- Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun

Today In History

Emmett Louis Till was born July 25, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois. On August 28, 1955, while visiting family in Money, Mississippi, 14-year-old Emmett Till, was brutally murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman four days earlier.

His assailants—the white woman’s husband and her brother—made Emmett carry a 75-pound cotton gin fan to the bank of the Tallahatchie River and ordered him to take off his clothes. The two men then beat him nearly to death, gouged out his eye, shot him in the head and then threw his body, tied to the cotton gin fan with barbed wire, into the river.

Three days later, his corpse was recovered but was so disfigured that Mose Wright could only identify it by an initialed ring. Authorities wanted to bury the body quickly, but Till’s mother, Mamie Bradley, requested it be sent back to Chicago.

She decided to have an open-casket funeral so that all the world could see what racist murderers had done to her only son.