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Meet the woman who edited the greatest voices of the Harlem Renaissance | Timeline
Jessie Redmon Fauset “midwifed the so-called New Negro literature into being”
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Three Black books to read in early 2018 | New York Amsterdam News
There is an array of books by Black authors who share stories and the artistic and intellectual prowess of bright, accomplished African-American individuals.
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Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur in development as Disney animated series | SYFY Wire
Lunetta Lafayette and Devil Dinosaur are finally making the move to animation.
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W. E. B. Du Bois and the Representation of Black Higher Education | Black Perspectives
The 150th anniversary of his birth offers another opportunity to reflect upon his life and legacy.
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The FBI’s War on Black-Owned Bookstores | The Atlantic
At the height of the Black Power movement, the Bureau focused on the unlikeliest of public enemies: black independent booksellers.
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James Baldwin’s Lesson for Teachers in a Time of Turmoil | The New Yorker
“Let’s begin by saying that we are living through a very dangerous time.”
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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Cornel West’s One-Sided War | The Atlantic
Coates says he is “mystified as anybody else” over West’s critique.
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MITCHELL: New Lorraine Hansberry biopic worth every year, every penny it took | Chicago Sun Times
“Negroes must concern themselves with every single means of struggle; legal, illegal, passive, active, violent and non-violent,” Hansberry wrote in 1962.
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Forward Press | Baltimore Magazine
As a Vietnam vet, former Black Panther, and father of a literary superstar, Paul Coates has lived a life reminiscent of the great literature he publishes.
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