Posts Tagged ‘Books’
Raphael Rogers: Representing Black Girl Magic with Contemporary Picture Books
In this session, Education Professor Raphael Rogers will share details about his latest project, “Representing Black Girl Magic with Contemporary Picture Books.” The book focuses on the wave of recently published picture books by Black women writers who have pushed back against negative beliefs, countered negative stereotypes, and celebrated the joy and magic of Black…
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 More‘Kingdom of No Tomorrow’ was a prizewinner before it was published
“Kingdom of No Tomorrow” is a novel looking to the past as a way of engaging with our current social challenges.
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 MoreRest as Resistance
Tricia Hersey calls on history and guides by example in her new book about the importance of rest in a demanding world.
Read MoreMy Black Country online holiday party with Alice Randall
Parnassus Books is pleased to present a virtual event for Alice Randall, who is celebrating the holidays with an online party for MY BLACK COUNTRY. Alice has been hand cutting ribbon, making Black Country Christmas music playlists, and collaborating with Black bakers, musicians, a museum, and most importantly the best independent bookstores and we’re ready…
Read MoreFive antiracist must-reads for high schoolers
No book should ever be banned, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t shake up stale curriculums.
Read MoreIn “The Message,” Ta-Nehisi Coates delivers a fiery secular sermon
Ta-Nehisi Coates released a collection of essays, including several about his recent trip to the war-torn West Bank.
Read MoreTelling the Stories of Wrongful Convictions, One Painstaking Case at a Time
In “Framed,” an advocate for the wrongly accused joins forces with John Grisham to tell stories of justice denied.
Read MoreDerek G Handley, author of Struggle for the City, a Boswell event
Boswell Book Company presents an evening with Derek G Handley, author of Struggle for the City: Citizenship and Resistance in the Black Freedom Movement as he discusses strategies of resistance that continue to influence the actions of the Black Freedom Movement, including Black Lives Matter, at this free event.
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