Bené VierainTimelineYou can thank the first female film director for the fact that movies actually have a plotAlice Guy-Blaché went from being a secretary to being a visionary of cinemaMay 17, 20182May 17, 20182
Bené VierainTimelineBelva Davis found no opportunities for black, female reporters. So she created her own.She broke barriers and inspired a new generation by becoming the first black female TV reporter on the West CoastMay 16, 20182May 16, 20182
Bené VierainTimelineWhen this black celebrity showed his support for a bigoted president, people were pissedBefore Trump and West, there was Nixon and DavisApr 30, 20189Apr 30, 20189
Bené VierainTimelineEllen DeGeneres came out in front of nearly 42 million peopleThe groundbreaking show may have lost her advertisers, but it won her an EmmyApr 30, 20184Apr 30, 20184
Bené VierainTimelineMaya Angelou wrote her first book because her editor said she couldn’tThe reverse psychology was James Baldwin’s idea and ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’ became a bestsellerApr 26, 20183Apr 26, 20183
Bené VierainTimelineThis particular Democratic National Convention was all about slavery — and how to keep it aliveThe only thing bickering northern and southern Democrats disagreed on was the extent to which individual states would uphold slaveryApr 23, 2018Apr 23, 2018
Bené VierainTimelinePolice barred these black activists from the House floor, while a white Nazi in blackface got inThe women were entitled to be there and speak, and still they were deniedApr 19, 20181Apr 19, 20181
Bené VierainTimelineWhen a white conductor tried to manhandle Ida B. Wells, she took a bite out of his handIt was a daring act of self-defense at a time when blacks were being lynched for merely existingApr 18, 20181Apr 18, 20181
Bené VierainTimelineWithout her, MLK’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech wouldn’t have mentioned dreams at allMahalia Jackson shouted mid-speech, “Tell them about the dream, Martin!” and the rest is historyApr 17, 20183Apr 17, 20183
Bené VierainTimelineThis Harlem Renaissance writer seemed to live an ordinary life — but her diaries revealed years of…Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s inner life was a rich portrait of black female queernessApr 13, 20182Apr 13, 20182
