# black american (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover black american. Page: Feed: --- ## [August 4, 1953: Author, Black American Man, Chief of Police & Husband to a White Wife, Charles Moose, Born in New York City](https://chandrahardy.substack.com/p/august-4-1953-author-black-american) _2026-08-21 · Chandra A. Hardy ♋️🦀🌔 · A Civil Rights Power Couple_ He was the primary official in charge of efforts to apprehend the D.C. snipers in October 2002. During his law enforcement career, Moose served as the chief of police for Montgomery County, Maryland ## [August 1, 1953: Black American Man, Blues Musician, Father of a Son, Guitarist, Husband, Leo, Singer & Son of Army Father, Robert Cray, Born in Columbus, Georgia](https://chandrahardy.substack.com/p/august-1-1953-black-american-man) _2026-08-20 · Chandra A. Hardy ♋️🦀🌔 · A Civil Rights Power Couple_ \[All entries from Wikipedia\] ## [August 1953: The United States Information Service Established By President Harry S. Truman Becomes the United States Information Agency (USAI) Established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower](https://chandrahardy.substack.com/p/august-1953-the-united-states-information) _2026-08-19 · Chandra A. Hardy ♋️🦀🌔 · A Civil Rights Power Couple_ My antifascist World War II veteran, civil rights activist, educator, humanitarian, journalist & public servant grandfather was hired by President Harry S. Truman in 1950 & worked in Monrovia, Liberia ## [July 29, 1953: Democrat, Documentarian, Father of Daughters, Filmmaker, Hampshire College Alumnus & Leo, Ken Burns, Born in Brooklyn, New York](https://chandrahardy.substack.com/p/july-29-1953-democrat-documentarian) _2026-08-18 · Chandra A. Hardy ♋️🦀🌔 · A Civil Rights Power Couple_ Burns’ mother was diagnosed with breast cancer when he was three, and she died when he was 11, a circumstance that he said helped shape his career ## [July 28, 1953: "Father" of Non-Binary Person, Floriduh Man, Former Imperial Wizard of the KKK, Leo, Male, Member of the American Nazi Party, Palm Beach Resident, Wealthy & White Supremacist, Don Black](https://chandrahardy.substack.com/p/july-28-1953-father-of-non-binary) _2026-08-17 · Chandra A. Hardy ♋️🦀🌔 · A Civil Rights Power Couple_ He is the founder and webmaster of the neo-Nazi website Stormfront ## [July 24, 1953: Black American Man, Composer, Conductor, Educator, Jazz Trumpet Player & Leo, Jon Faddis, Born in Oakland, California](https://chandrahardy.substack.com/p/july-24-1953-black-american-man-composer) _2026-08-16 · Chandra A. Hardy ♋️🦀🌔 · A Civil Rights Power Couple_ Upon his first appearance on the scene, he became known for his ability to closely mirror the sound of trumpet icon Dizzy Gillespie, who was his mentor along with pianist Stan Kenton and trumpeter Bil ## [July 11, 1953: Black American Man, Cancer Patient, Father Whose Son Was Murdered, Fellow Cancerian, Heavyweight Champion & Husband, Leon Spinks, Born in St. Louis, Missouri](https://chandrahardy.substack.com/p/july-11-1953-black-american-man-cancer) _2026-08-15 · Chandra A. Hardy ♋️🦀🌔 · A Civil Rights Power Couple_ He won the undisputed heavyweight championship in 1978 after defeating Muhammad Ali in a split decision, in what is considered one of the biggest upsets in heavyweight boxing history ## [July 8, 1953: Burglar, Cancerian, Death Row Inmate, Poet & Serial Killer, Stephen Wayne Anderson, Born in St. Louis, Missouri](https://chandrahardy.substack.com/p/july-8-1953-burglar-cancerian-death) _2026-08-14 · Chandra A. Hardy ♋️🦀🌔 · A Civil Rights Power Couple_ I am whole-heartedly against the death penalty. As the daughter of a murdered woman, my healing can NEVER come from more killing, particularly of the wrongfully convicted..... ## [July 5, 1953: Aquarius, Civil Rights Activist for Women, African & Afro-Caribbean Writers, Journalist, Poet, Puerto Rican Independence Advocate, & Teacher, Julia de Burgos, Dies in Spanish Harlem](https://chandrahardy.substack.com/p/july-5-1953-aquarius-civil-rights) _2026-08-13 · Chandra A. Hardy ♋️🦀🌔 · A Civil Rights Power Couple_ She was only 39 years old and served as Secretary General of the Daughters of Freedom, the Women's Branch of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party ## [July 4, 1953: Cancer (Like the Disease), Male, Serial Killer of Four Teenage Girls, Serial Sex Offender & White, Leslie Allen Williams, Born in Detroit Michigan](https://chandrahardy.substack.com/p/july-4-1953-cancer-like-the-disease) _2026-08-12 · Chandra A. Hardy ♋️🦀🌔 · A Civil Rights Power Couple_ Their names are Cynthia Marie Jones, Melissa Marie Urbin, Michelle Eileen Urbin & Kami Maria Villanueva ## [Unlimited Mobile Internet, One V-SIM (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/1jlW4Tr9Sd6y) _2026-08-12 · **Sponsored**_ Automatically switches across T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon; no throttling, no contract. ## [July 1, 1953: My Grandmother Writes to My Great-Grandmother About Cape Cod, Edward Richard Dudley, Ethiopia, Martha's Vineyard, Norumbega Park, "Porgy & Bess" & "South Pacific"](https://chandrahardy.substack.com/p/july-1-1953-my-grandmother-writes) _2026-08-11 · Chandra A. Hardy ♋️🦀🌔 · A Civil Rights Power Couple_ July 1, 1953 ## [June 27, 1953: Fellow Cancerian, Kamala Harris Ally, Retired Los Angeles Police Chief & Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, Charlie Beck, Born in Long Beach, California](https://chandrahardy.substack.com/p/june-27-1953-fellow-cancerian-kamala) _2026-08-10 · Chandra A. Hardy ♋️🦀🌔 · A Civil Rights Power Couple_ \[All entries from Wikipedia\] ## [June 26, 1953: Conservationist, Director of the United States National Park Service Under President Barack Obama & Fellow Cancerian, Jonathan Jarvis, Born in Lexington, Virginia](https://chandrahardy.substack.com/p/june-26-1953-conservationist-director) _2026-08-09 · Chandra A. Hardy ♋️🦀🌔 · A Civil Rights Power Couple_ In May 2024, I embarked on a 6-month solo cross-country road trip to visit all of the continental U.S. national parks ## [When Our Food Supply Gets the Cooties](https://kimberlyparris.substack.com/p/when-our-food-supply-gets-the-cooties) _2026-07-23 · Kimberly Parris · At The Kitchen Table_ A rabbit hole of Taylor Farms' shenanigans, pattern recognition, and whether boycotting is worth it ## [Fed by Power: This Land Feeds Me Not, Part 2](https://kimberlyparris.substack.com/p/fed-by-power-this-land-feeds-me-not) _2026-07-06 · Kimberly Parris · At The Kitchen Table_ On Sysco ‘buying’ culinary street cred, farm funding, and how the American people get the short end of the stick in every scenario ## [The Table They Built](https://kimberlyparris.substack.com/p/the-table-they-built) _2026-06-20 · Kimberly Parris · At The Kitchen Table_ The real history of Juneteenth - and the five women carrying Black American food culture and history forward ## [The Bird, The Blueprint, and The Griot](https://kimberlyparris.substack.com/p/the-bird-the-blueprint-and-the-griot) _2026-06-03 · Kimberly Parris · At The Kitchen Table_ Korean Fried Chicken, Black American soldiers, and the culinary history that was never written down. ## [Food Apartheid & Million Dollar Corners](https://kimberlyparris.substack.com/p/food-apartheid-and-million-dollar) _2026-04-27 · Kimberly Parris · At The Kitchen Table_ On spoiled tomatoes, shifting borders, and why food access in New York City is anything but natural ## [No One Taught Escoffier How to Chunkay](https://kimberlyparris.substack.com/p/no-one-taught-escoffier-how-to-chunkay) _2026-04-06 · Kimberly Parris · At The Kitchen Table_ On burnt garlic, the "father of culinary", and the standard that wasn't built alone ## [First Prize, No Show](https://kimberlyparris.substack.com/p/first-prize-no-show) _2026-03-19 · Kimberly Parris · At The Kitchen Table_ A story about cooking shows, when gatekeeping goes wrong, and the dream that needed a different container ## [Save with community-voted codes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/VhGDdjB5tjOg) _2026-03-19 · **Sponsored**_ Search thousands of community-verified coupon codes — 100% free, no account needed. ## [Pantry Politics](https://kimberlyparris.substack.com/p/pantry-politics) _2026-03-03 · Kimberly Parris · At The Kitchen Table_ On vanilla beans, harissa, heirloom Le Creusets, and the dissonance of who should have nice things ## [When The Food Travels Without Us](https://kimberlyparris.substack.com/p/when-the-food-travels-without-us) _2026-01-31 · Kimberly Parris · At The Kitchen Table_ How Black Cuisine Becomes "Fine Dining" Through Erasure ## [Fine Dining and the Diaspora](https://kimberlyparris.substack.com/p/fine-dining-and-the-diaspora) _2026-01-07 · Kimberly Parris · At The Kitchen Table_ Why Black Excellence Is Still Treated As The Exception ## [What if being “with” someone meant something else entirely?](https://ilindyhop.substack.com/p/what-if-being-with-someone-meant) _2025-12-18 · iLindy · Substack de iLindy_ Music and Dance in White American and Black American cultures, according to Jacqui Malone's "Steppin' On The Blues" ## [The Futures Lost to AIDS: A Reflection on Black Lives and the Ongoing Fight](https://vanillaisblack.substack.com/p/the-futures-lost-to-aids-a-reflection) _2025-12-02 · Sonari Rhodes Glinton · Vanilla is Black_ 42% of new U.S. HIV cases are Black Americans. Memorials honor the lost. Political cuts threaten progress. ## [Lunch with Susan Stamberg](https://vanillaisblack.substack.com/p/lunch-with-susan-stamberg) _2025-10-23 · Sonari Rhodes Glinton · Vanilla is Black_ The feminist icon, union warrior, the woman who made NPR and the joy of learning from her to the end. ## [Shattering the System: What I Learned Reporting on West Hollywood](https://vanillaisblack.substack.com/p/shattering-the-system-what-i-learned) _2025-10-08 · Sonari Rhodes Glinton · Vanilla is Black_ Where invented noir, the true crime podcast looks at how two Black men were left to die. ## [Bus Stops and Billion-Dollar Bets: LA’s Transit Test](https://vanillaisblack.substack.com/p/bus-stops-and-billion-dollar-bets) _2025-10-01 · Sonari Rhodes Glinton · Vanilla is Black_ Dispatches from the Front Lines of Transit, Equity, and Urban Change ## [The Cost of Exclusion](https://vanillaisblack.substack.com/p/the-cost-of-exclusion) _2025-09-08 · Sonari Rhodes Glinton · Vanilla is Black_ BLACKeNOMICS the book, and an update ## [This Is the Hill I Will Die On](https://vanillaisblack.substack.com/p/this-is-the-hill-i-will-die-on) _2025-07-04 · Sonari Rhodes Glinton · Vanilla is Black_ I’m doing the work of public radio without the backing. If you believe in Black journalism, now’s the time to act. ## [Collect Open Source Legends (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/0Ohb48dffnMl) _2025-07-04 · **Sponsored**_ Open-licensed art, limited foil trading packs, and optional on-chain mints. ## [The Jobs Report Misses the Real Economy](https://vanillaisblack.substack.com/p/the-jobs-report-misses-the-real-economy) _2025-06-30 · Sonari Rhodes Glinton · Vanilla is Black_ Each month, the unemployment rate makes headlines, while Black labor realities stay hidden. ## [How a JROTC Teacher Helped a Shy Student Find His Voice](https://vanillaisblack.substack.com/p/how-a-jrotc-teacher-helped-a-shy) _2025-06-26 · Sonari Rhodes Glinton · Vanilla is Black_ Someone You Should Know: Centoria Louden ## [Black People Are More Likely to Be Killed or Hurt on U.S. Roads](https://vanillaisblack.substack.com/p/black-people-are-more-likely-to-be) _2025-06-24 · Sonari Rhodes Glinton · Vanilla is Black_ Traffic deaths and injuries spike in summer. Black communities pay the steepest price. ## [Black Fathers Show Up. You Just Don’t See Them.](https://vanillaisblack.substack.com/p/black-fathers-show-up-you-just-dont) _2025-06-15 · Sonari Rhodes Glinton · Vanilla is Black_ My story and the data say the stereotype is wrong.