Category: African American Literature

The Explosive Chapter Left Out of Malcolm X’s Autobiography | History.com

African American Activist, African American History ...

Missy Sullivan, History.com Truman Moore/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images, Featured Image [dropcap]It’s[/dropcap] not often that a little-known chapter from one of the most important books of the 20th century emerges into the public sphere. Especially one in which a prominent civil-rights figure delivers a stern rebuke to his race. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] In July 2018, the […]

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Cornel West to Teach Intro to African American Studies After 18-Year Break | The Crimson

African American History, African American Intellectual ...

Sophia S. Armenakas, The Crimson Cornel R. West ’74 spoke with Danielle S. Allen, Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, as a part of the center’s Diversity, Justice, and Democracy lecture series in 2016. Photo: Sidni M. Frederick. Featured Image [dropcap]Professor[/dropcap] of the Practice of Public Philosophy Cornel R. West ’74 will […]

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Leyla Fern King receives Gold Key recognition for ‘To Mama’ | The St. Louis American

African American Author, African American Literature ...

The St. Louis American Staff, The St. Louis American [dropcap]Leyla[/dropcap] Fern King received the highest Gold Key recognition for her poem “To Mama” in the 2019 Missouri Writing Region of the Scholastic Writing Awards Contest and now advances to national competition. She is a sophomore at John Burroughs School where she serves as sophomore justice […]

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Black History Month: a Reading List | OUPBlog

African American Author, African American Literature ...

Eleanor Robson & Mara Sandroff, OUPBlog [dropcap]February[/dropcap] marks the celebration of Black History Month in the United States and Canada, an annual celebration of achievements by Black Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in US history. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The first variation of Black History Month was initiated by Dr. […]

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Episode 343: A Bound Woman Is A Dangerous Thing Author DaMaris B. Hill | iHeart.com

African American Literature, KINDR'D ...

Staff, iHeart.com [dropcap]Author[/dropcap] and poet DaMaris B. Hill talks to Daniel Ford about her new collection A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing: The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland. To learn more about DaMaris B. Hill, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, and follow her on Twitter […]

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