by David F. Walker | Jan 18, 2021 | Lessons in Black History, Life & Times, News & Updates, Race Matters, RANTS & RAVES
This is a slightly edited version of a piece that I originally wrote January 21, 2008. Barack Obama hadn’t even been elected president at this point in time. Breonna Taylor was only 13 years-old, while Trayvon Martin and Tamir Rice weren’t even born yet....
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by David F. Walker | Jul 24, 2020 | BadAzz MoFo, BOOKS, COMICS, Lessons in Black History, Life & Times, News & Updates
My new book, THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY: A Graphic Novel History, will be out in January 2021 from Ten Speed Press. Working with artist Marcus Kwame Anderson was an incredible experience. I can’t wit for everyone to see this book. You can pre-order it now at Amazon...
by David F. Walker | Feb 22, 2019 | Lessons in Black History
Lincoln Perry and Willie Best—Born in Florida in 1902, Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry would go on to become arguably the most controversial black actor in the history of motion pictures. Best know by his stage name Stepin Fetchit (above), Perry became the...
by David F. Walker | Feb 21, 2019 | Lessons in Black History
MATTHEW HENSON – Robert Peary is most often credited as the first man set foot at the North Pole, but technically and historically that distinction goes to Matthew Henson, a fellow explorer and associate of Peary. Both men had worked together, including several...
by David F. Walker | Feb 20, 2019 | Lessons in Black History
George Walker and Bert Williams – Two popular vaudeville performers during the era of the minstrel show (when performers, usually white, would paint their faces black), George Walker (above right) and Bert Williams first met in 1893. Williams was a popular...
by David F. Walker | Feb 19, 2019 | Lessons in Black History
Marshall “Major” Taylor—The son of a Civil War veteran, and one of eight children, Marshall Taylor and his family moved from Kentucky to Indiana, where his father went to work for a wealthy white family. Taylor became friends with Dan Southard, the son of his father’s...
