Posts Tagged ‘black authors’
ABHM Book Club: I Had A Hammer
ABHM Book Club’s May selection is I Had a Hammer by Hank Aaron, which we will discuss both virtually and in person at the Grohmann Museum. This selection is in partnership with the Team Beckum Public History project as part of the forthcoming exhibition at the Grohmann Museum, “Going to Work for the Community: A Visual History of the Beckum-Stapleton Little League.”
Read MoreWriter Lee Hawkins connects abusive childhood in Maplewood to the Jim Crow South and slavery
The Pulitzer Prize finalist looked to the past to find a way forward from the violence he experienced in his childhood.
Read MoreThe Strangers by Ekow Eshun review – five Black pioneers
Colin Grant reviews a book in which the author parallels the racism faced by notable figures such as Malcolm X with his own life.
Read MoreTa-Nehisi Coates To Write New Black Panther Comic Book Series For Marvel
“Through comic books’ first and greatest Black super hero, Ta-Nehisi will shed unique insight into the world in which we live.”
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