Editor's Note: Read part 1 here. Born to an interracial couple on Valentine’s Day 1912 in Valhalla, New York, Oliver Wendell Harrington possessed a natural talent for drawing. He would hone his gift by studying at the National Academy of Design and New York University, and Yale University School...
African-Americans have provided numerous contributions to society that helped create the world that we know today. For a long time though, they were not given the credit that they were due because of biases held against them. But, in recent times, people are starting...
In 1993, talented African-American comic book creators Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, Michael Davis, and Derek T Dingle founded the venerated and lauded Milestone Media imprint. They planned to create comics that highlighted and promoted underrepresented minorities –...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE[WASHINGTON, D.C.] February 1, 2021, Virtuous Con, the virtual comic book, fantasy, andsci-fi convention, returns February 12 -13, 2022 from 11amET-7pmET with Virtuous Con:Black History Month 2022. Accessible through the Virtuous Con website, the...