Article Archive for July 2017
Alice Dunbar Nelson, born July 19, 1875, was an American poet, journalist and political activist, the daughter of an African-American seamstress and former slave and a white seaman. She was one of the prominent African Americans involved in the artistic flourishing of the Harlem Renaissance. Her first husband was the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar.
In 1895, her […]
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Chloe Waldorf
Age: 23
Location: Berlin, Germany
About:
“Since my teenage years, I was obsessed with fashion. So, I invented Chloe as creative outlet… and an excuse to spend all […]
Dutch fashion designer Bas Kosters recently presented his Fall/Winter 2017 collection My Paper Crown at Amsterdam Fashion Week. Not only is Kosters one of the quirkiest designers in Europe these days, he’s a critical thinker, as seen in his 2012 Ugly Collection, where he examined ‘What is beauty vs ugliness’. He’s also an avid doll collector…which would […]
Ida B. Wells, born July 16, 1862, was a journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, feminist, and an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
On May 4, 1884, a train conductor with the Memphis and Charleston Railroad ordered Wells […]