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Langston Hughes’s Ardent Public Fan Letter to the Young Nina Simone | Brain Pickings
“She is strange. So are the plays of Brendan Behan, Jean Genet, LeRoi Jones, and Bertholt Brecht. She is far-out, and at the same time common. So are raw eggs in Worcestershire and The Connection.”
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UAB student selected for prestigious national fellowship | Birmingham Times
Yvonne Taunton, Birmingham Times Sandra Cutts (Provided Photo). Featured Image [dropcap]After[/dropcap] a week of interviews in legislative offices on Capitol Hill, Sandra Cutts, a University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Engineering doctoral candidate, has been selected as one of 60 students to be a 2019 John A. Knauss Marine Policy fellow. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Cutts […]
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A Play About Maya Angelou is Being Developed for Broadway | Colorlines
“Phenomenal Woman: An Evening with Maya Angelou” will debut in 2021.
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James Baldwin: ‘I Can’t Accept Western Values Because They Don’t Accept Me’ | LitHub
In a 1964 Interview with Robert Penn Warren
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She’s Creating An All-Female Superhero Comic Book Universe | Black Enterprise
Samara Lynn, Black Enterprise Courtesy Aza Comics, Featured Image [dropcap]In[/dropcap] Now that the movie Black Panther has turned out to be a cultural and money-making phenomenon—interest in comic books and how to create them is bound to spike. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] There are several well-established black comic books writers and artists who have worked on major […]
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9 Young Adult Books Every Kid (And Grown Up) Should Read | HuffPost
No matter your age, there’s a YA book out there for you.
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Nikki Giovanni Blasts Trump Presidency: Black People Voting for Him Is Like a Vote for Slavery | Atlanta Black Star
Kiersten Willis, Atlanta Black Star Nikki Giovanni speaking at Emory University in 2008., Featured Image [dropcap]Poet[/dropcap] Nikki Giovanni wants Donald Trump’s presidency to crash and burn and said Black Americans voting for him was like a vote for slavery. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “My heart breaks for the next generation with these fools in the White House,” […]
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A ‘Native Son’ Reimagined, With James Baldwin in Mind | The New York Times
Salamishah Tillet, The New York Times The playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, left, and the visual artist Rashid Johnson collaborated on the latest film adaptation of Richard Wright’s “Native Son,” setting it in present-day Chicago. Credit Gioncarlo Valentine for The New York Times, Featured Image [dropcap]In[/dropcap] its earliest conception, Richard Wright’s best-seller “Native Son” was envisioned for […]
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Roxane Gay and Marlon James explore his African myth-inspired ‘Black Leopard, Red Wolf’ | The San Diego Union-Tribune
Christian Orozco, Writer and editor Roxanne Gay interviews author Marlon James about his latest book, “Black Leopard, Red Wolf,” at Los Angeles’ Museum of African American Art on Feb 20. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times). Featured Image [dropcap]Surrounded[/dropcap] by art depicting vibrant landscapes and black bodies, Marlon James discussed his latest novel, “Black […]
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