LEGEND: Neile Adams

Hollywood legend Steve McQueen is known for his iconic work in Hollywood and for being a handsome, complicated leading man with a storied past. But did you know he had a Filipino-American wife by the name of Neile Adams?  Born on July 10, 1932, with a very...

FILM: ‘Beat Street’ Directed by Stan Lathan

Director Stan Lathan is known for helming pioneering TV series that paved the way for Black entertainment, including The Steve Harvey Show, Martin, Roc, Moesha, The Parkers, Amen, among others. He was a director for three seasons of the award-winning, groundbreaking...

MUSIC: Mazarati

When it comes to Prince protégé bands there's The Time, Vanity 6 (also Apollonia 6), The Family, and then there's the great purple one's often overlooked funk rock new wave project known as Mazarati. With The Revolution's bassist Brownmark as the producer of their...

LEGACY: Grace Lee Boggs

Grace Lee Boggs (1915–2015) is what you would call "a real one". From civil rights and Black Power to labor, feminist, and environmental justice, the trailblazing Chinese American activist worked decades in shaping some of the most transformative movements in the...

ICON: Wendy O. Williams

In the Hulu docuseries Into The Void from Evan Husney and Jason Eisener (Dark Side of the Ring), we are taken on a journey of dramatic sagas from legends and unforgettable artists in heavy metal including the trailblazing ahead-of-her-time Wendy O. Williams....

ICON: Beverly Johnson

Beverly Johnson made history when she became the first Black woman to grace the cover of the August 1974 issue of American Vogue. This moment helped diversify the fashion industry and paved the way for greater representation of models of color. She has since...