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How Zora Neale Hurston Helped Create the First Realistic Black Baby Doll | Literary Hub

February 4, 2019February 4, 2019African American History, African American Literature ...

WRITING LITERARY CLASSICS AND ADVISING AMERICAN TOYMAKERS

Gorgeous New ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Trailer Celebrates Black Families | Colorlines

September 25, 2018African American History, African American Literature ...

The latest look at Barry Jenkins’ upcoming film illuminates how Baldwin’s characters build community while navigating uncertainty and trauma.

Watch the Emotional First Trailer for Barry Jenkins’s New Film ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ | Vice

August 3, 2018African American Author, African American Literature ...

The ‘Moonlight’ director is making his return to the big screen with an adaptation of James Baldwin’s 1974 novel.

‘Breaking’ Presents: Juliana ‘Jewels’ Smith, Educator-Turned-Comic Writer | Colorlines

April 11, 2018African American Literature, African American News ...

The Bay Area resident, inspired by how comics connected with her community college students, developed “(H)afrocentric” to address structural and economic racism in a funny and accessible way.

Harry Belafonte: To realize Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream, white America needs to change course | PBS

April 9, 2018January 17, 2022African American History, African American Intellectual ...

And I was just absolutely struck with the way in which he presented his case to the black community, condemning them for being not more engaged in the social destiny of black people.

Meet the woman who edited the greatest voices of the Harlem Renaissance | Timeline

February 28, 2018African American History, African American Literature ...

Jessie Redmon Fauset “midwifed the so-called New Negro literature into being”

The FBI’s War on Black-Owned Bookstores | The Atlantic

February 20, 2018April 2, 2019African American Education, African American Literature ...

At the height of the Black Power movement, the Bureau focused on the unlikeliest of public enemies: black independent booksellers.

James Baldwin’s Lesson for Teachers in a Time of Turmoil | The New Yorker

February 4, 2018February 5, 2018African American Activist, African American History ...

“Let’s begin by saying that we are living through a very dangerous time.”

10 of the best books penned by Black authors in 2017 | Hello Giggles

January 9, 2018January 9, 2018African American Author, African American Literature ...

The authors on this list, through their work, have given us a well needed mental getaway from a less than pleasant reality, while leaving an indelible mark on our hearts.

A Black Kid In A Hoodie Brings Tidings Of Comfort And Joy | Huffington Post

December 22, 2017African American Literature, Black Literature ...

‘The Snowy Day’ is a saving grace that pushed past the hard edges of a world that didn’t always accept the color of my skin.