MARTIN ESPADA was born in 1957 and raised in Brooklyn, New York. His father, Frank Espada, is a political activist and an immigrant from Puerto Rico. Influenced by his activist father, photographer Frank Espada, and his own struggles with poverty, Martín Espada uses his poetry to speak for the downtrodden and the forgotten. Martin worked …
~Frank Espada~ Documentary Photographer and Civil Rights Activist “We need to raise some holy hell,” he wrote to us. “For we have landed at the bottom and have stayed there.” ________________________________________________ “I Will Follow You Silent” I will follow you forever, quiet and fugitive among dark streets ground by nostalgia, or over stars smiling with …
“What color is a friend when you need one?” Arthur Theodore Wilson is a Published Poet; Playwright; Teacher; and Co-Editor/Publisher of over thirty years of Attitude Magazine. Mr. Wilson was born in Newark, New Jersey at the end of World War II. His early fascination and interest in theater, poetry, gospel music, and the …
Madam Sul-Te-Wan Prominent Black Actress During Silent Film Era by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS The mysteriously named Madame Sul-Te-Wan was the first Black actress to land a Hollywood studio contract. Madame Sul-Te-Wan (Nellie Conley) – (1873-1959), was one of the most prominent Black actresses during the silent film era. “Nellie Wan, a Black vaudeville actress from …
“I was just doing the Lord’s work,” he said in one interview. “I didn’t know I was no artist until them folks come and told me I was.” William Edmonson became the first African American artist whose work received a one-man show exhibit at MOMA. He …
