Paying Homage
A verified registry of the people building, making, and shaping what shows up on black.wiki. Over time, verified entries will receive plaques, certificates, and contributor cards — a durable record of who put in the work.
Toni Morrison — Song of Solomon
1977 novel that opens with a man leaping from a Mercy Hospital roof in Michigan but ends with a Black flying myth tracing back to Shalimar, Virginia.
Toni Morrison — The Bluest Eye
Morrison's 1970 debut novel — a girl in 1940s Ohio prays for blue eyes.
Tupac Shakur — Me Against the World
Tupac Shakur's 1995 third studio album, released while he was in prison.
Tyler, the Creator — Igor
2019 Tyler, the Creator album — first time a Black artist won Best Rap Album for a non-rap album.
Whitney Houston — The Bodyguard Soundtrack
1992 best-selling soundtrack ever — Whitney's "I Will Always Love You" was the centerpiece.
Whoopi Goldberg — Direct from Broadway
1985 Whoopi Goldberg one-woman show that established her as a major American actor.