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.
Ta-Nehisi Coates — Between the World and Me
Writers
2015 epistolary essay to Coates's son on Black life in America.
The Color Purple
Writers
Alice Walker's 1982 epistolary novel set in rural Georgia between the wars.
Tina Turner — Private Dancer
Musicians
1984 comeback album that established Turner as a global rock star.
TLC — CrazySexyCool
Musicians
TLC's 1994 sophomore album that became the best-selling album by a female group ever.
Toni Braxton — Toni Braxton
Musicians
Toni Braxton's 1993 debut album.
Toni Morrison — Beloved
Writers
1987 novel based on the true story of Margaret Garner, an enslaved woman who killed her daughter rather than allow her recapture.
Toni Morrison — Jazz
Writers
Toni Morrison's 1992 novel set in 1920s Harlem.
Toni Morrison — Song of Solomon
Writers
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
Writers
Morrison's 1970 debut novel — a girl in 1940s Ohio prays for blue eyes.
Tupac Shakur — Me Against the World
Musicians
Tupac Shakur's 1995 third studio album, released while he was in prison.
Tyler, the Creator — Igor
Musicians
2019 Tyler, the Creator album — first time a Black artist won Best Rap Album for a non-rap album.