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Figures of Speech: The Althea Gibson Story

During a time rife with racial segregation and prejudices, one woman stepped onto the tennis court and changed the game. Althea Gibson, a trailblazing Black tennis player, shattered not only the color barrier in the world of professional tennis, but also single-handedly upended the gender roles that prevailed at the time. All while serving up […]

Mar 29 2023 by The Otherwise Team in Figures of Speech
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Figures of Speech: Daisy Bates

As the Little Rock Nine walked into Central High School on September 4, 1957, the entire country tuned in to live television broadcasts to watch. What they saw was a mob of jeering white students surrounding a lone Black girl by the name of Elizabeth Eckford, whose eyes were shielded by sunglasses. What most Americans […]

Mar 22 2023 by The Otherwise Team in Figures of Speech
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Figures of Speech: Michelle Yeoh

Every year, the country tends to celebrate the same historical figures. They are the civil rights leaders, suffragettes and contributors to society whose faces we see on calendars and postage stamps. These same figures resurface annually when we commemorate those who have transformed America and quite frankly, they deserve all of their accolades, and then […]

Mar 15 2023 by Hunter Ellis in Uncategorized
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Figures of Speech: Bessie Coleman

Every year, the country tends to celebrate the same historical figures.They are the civil rights leaders, abolitionists and contributors to society whose faces we see on calendars and postage stamps. These same figures resurface annually when we commemorate those who have transformed America and quite frankly, they deserve all of their accolades, and then some. […]

Mar 8 2023 by The Otherwise Team in Figures of Speech
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Figures of Speech: Albert Murray

Albert Murray was one of the last surviving links to a period of flowering creativity and spreading ferment among the Black intelligentsia in postwar America. He made his mark during a time when the growing force of the civil rights movement gave rise to new bodies of thought about Black identity, political power and the […]

Mar 1 2023 by The Otherwise Team in Figures of Speech

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