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 cinema3 min read·May 17, 2018--2--2
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 Coast6 min read·May 16, 2018--2--2
Bené VierainTimelineWhen this black celebrity showed his support for a bigoted president, people were pissedBefore Trump and West, there was Nixon and Davis3 min read·Apr 30, 2018--9--9
Bené VierainTimelineEllen DeGeneres came out in front of nearly 42 million peopleThe groundbreaking show may have lost her advertisers, but it won her an Emmy3 min read·Apr 30, 2018--4--4
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 bestseller2 min read·Apr 26, 2018--3--3
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 slavery2 min read·Apr 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 denied3 min read·Apr 19, 2018--1--1
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 existing3 min read·Apr 18, 2018--1--1
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 history3 min read·Apr 17, 2018--3--3
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 queerness6 min read·Apr 13, 2018--2--2