Tagged: black woman

“Roughly 60 years after the abolition of slavery, anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston made an incredible connection: She located the last surviving captive of the last slave ship to bring Africans to the United States. Hurston, a known figure of the Harlem Renaissance who would later write the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, conducted interviews with the survivor but struggled to publish them as a book in the early 1930s. In fact, they are only now being released to the public in a book called Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” that comes out on May 8, 2018.”

Source: Becky Little. “The Last Slave Ship Survivor Gave an Interview in the 1930s. It Just Surfaced.” History. May 3, 2018. https://www.history.com/news/zora-neale-hurston-barracoon-slave-clotilda-survivor.

“As a black woman, [Keila] Ravelo remained a rarity at the upper elevations of corporate law. The June 2014 issue of American Lawyer—sporting the cover language “What’s Wrong With This Picture?”—featured her as one of only three black partners out of 131 attorneys recognized by the periodical’s “Big Deals” and “Big Suits” columns over the previous year. On a more upbeat note, the October 2014 edition of Profiles in Diversity Journal included a photo of Ravelo with her arm around a smiling Michelle Obama.”

Source: Paul Barrett. “Inside a $5.7 Billion Antitrust Trainwreck.” Bloomberg BusinessWeek. November 11, 2015. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-11/inside-a-5-7-billion-antitrust-trainwreck.

congrats Viola Davis!!! great speech!!!!

Also, congrats to Regina King!! And Uzo Aduba (“Crazy Eyes” from Orange Is The New Black) for winning “Best Supporting Actress”!

that google search just made my day!!

I was not expecting this picture to pop up when I did a Google search for the federal judge assigned to my case! this shit is hilarious!! what a great way to end writing this 54 page pleading (with Exhibits A thru MM).

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