Posts Tagged ‘Black authors and writers’
Dark Testament: A Century of Black Writers on Justice
At the American Writers Museum explore racial injustice in America by examining the work of Black American writers from the end of the Civil War through the Civil Rights Movement. Featuring original artwork, augmented reality and other interactive elements to enliven and enrich the experience, Dark Testament brings the work of writers past and present to life in new and exciting ways.
Read MoreThe Pioneering Black Sci-Fi Writer Behind the Original Wakanda
Without Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins’s science fiction books, the land known as Wakanda would not exist. Yet few know her name.
Read MoreLouisiana native and author Ernest Gaines to appear on U.S. stamp
The U.S. Postal Service continues its Black Heritage series with a postage stamp featuring author Ernest Gaines.
Read MoreTsitsi Dangarembga on Zimbabwe: ‘Every time we say it can’t get any worse, it does’
Tsitsi Dangarembga is a renowned author from Zimbabwe, but her home country’s repressive regime makes it difficult to live or gain knowledge.
Read MoreMom and 6-Year Old Son Write Black History Activity Book For Kids
Author Andrea Stephenson announces her sixth book, an educational activity book for children that focuses on black scientists in history and cultivates interest in STEM fields. Just 6 years old, her son Corban helped bring the book to life.
Read MoreIn ‘South to America,’ Imani Perry travels below the Mason-Dixon to shed light on the soul of a nation
By Elaina Patton, NBC News In her new book, “South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation,” Imani Perry engages with the long literary tradition of writing about one’s travels through the South. Joining writers such as Albert Murray, James Baldwin and V.S. Naipaul, the Alabama native charts…
Read MoreTrailblazing Black feminist and social critic bell hooks dies at 69
By Harrison Smith, Washington Post Trailblazing Black feminist bell hooks, whose graceful, probing and wide-ranging books sought to empower people of all races, classes and genders, anticipating and helping shape ongoing debates about justice and discrimination in the United States, died Dec. 15 at her home in Berea, Ky. She was 69. The cause was…
Read More‘So Impactful’: Michigan Woman Opens Bookstore Celebrating Black Authors
By Angelina Velasquez, Atlanta Black Star A Michigan bookstore is giving Black authors the spotlight they have long deserved but often struggled to find. Socialight Society bookstore is a microshop, a store located inside another store, in this case Soul Nutrition, where book curator Nyshell Lawrence has made it a priority to give Black authors, especially those…
Read MoreRapper Noname opens Radical Hood Library in Los Angeles
After several months of construction, rapper Noname finally opened up her Radical Hood Library.
Read MoreJason Reynolds: ‘Snoop Dogg once told white folks: ‘I know you hate me. But your kids don’t.’ That’s how I feel
America’s ambassador for young people’s literature talks about touring Trump country, facing down racism and why there’s no such thing as a bad kid.
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