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Early NFL star Ink Williams became business leader

Life sometimes takes ordinary people on extraordinary adventures. J. Mayo Williams had a career that brought him from Arkansas to an Ivy League education and to the battlefields of Europe.

Black fraternity; Heartbreak Hill icon: Providence Journal top stories

Black fraternity at Brown University persevered, marks centennial today

Ma Rainey: The Real History Behind Netflix Film Starring Viola Davis & Chadwick Boseman

Published: December 21, 2020 at 5:16 pm “They don’t care nothin’ about me. All they want is my voice.” These are the words Ma Rainey uses to describe her white record producers in new Netflix film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, based on the life of trailblazing blues singer Gertrude Pridgett. With her carefully coiffed hair, bright make-up and trademarked gold teeth – Rainey (played by Viola Davis) is a vibrant figure with a powerful stage presence. But it is her voice – and not just the one she uses for singing – that shines through the story, as she pushed back against those intent on controlling her (namely her white management).

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