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The Green Party made history last week when it nominated the first all-women-of-color presidential ticket in US history. Former Democratic Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, who was the first African American woman elected to Congress in Georgia, won the Green Party’s nomination last Monday.

August 28, 2008 — disembedded Barack Obama Wins Historic Presidential Nomination On Wednesday afternoon, Senator Barack Obama was officially named the Presidential Nominee of the Democratic Party, crowning his historic meteoric rise from a little-known Illinois state senator to becoming the first African-American ever to win a major-party’s presidential nomination.

August 28, 2008 — disembedded The Democratic Convention: Obama Accepts Historic Presidential Nomination Tonight, the 2008 Democratic National Convention has moved to Denver’s Invesco Field so that more Americans can be a part of the fourth and final night of the Convention, where Barack Obama will accept the Democratic nomination for President.

August 26, 2008 — disembedded Live-Blogging Day-Two of the 2008 DNC: The Hillary Kerfuffle Comments On Michelle Obama’s Speech Last Night: So That’s What Brave Looks Like…. A reader wrote to Andrew Sullivan at The Atlantic Magazine: “I am a 36 year old African American woman.

Art Historian David Driskell is an authority of African American art. My Mom had the pleasure of taking art classes with him at Talladega College in the 1950s. I've known David Driskell all my life and his influence on my Mom on art is why I am th...

This rich, stunning work, titled Be About Beauty, is by nationally known fiber artist Adriene Cruz. She kindly gave me permission to reproduce it here; visit her Web site to see more of her work. The poem is by Kalamu Ya Salaam, founder of NOMMO Literary Society, a New Orleans-based creative writing workshop.

The Museum just acquired a sculpture by Augusta Savage titled Gamin. Why would I recommend this piece for museum purchase? The main reason, of course, is because it is a great work of art. It is the first piece by an African American woman artist to be acquired by the American collection.

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Dean approves $1.8M for 'pre-development' of African American museum - Nashville Business Journal: http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/... The funding is part of $10 million the Metropolitan Government of Nashville committed to the African American History Foundation of Nashville Inc.

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