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Barry Jenkins Brings James Baldwin Home to Harlem | The Atlantic

November 7, 2018African American Author, African American Literature ...

The U.S. premiere of the film adaptation of If Beale Street Could Talk, held at the historic Apollo Theater, captured all the generous, urgent love the writer’s work conveyed.

The Complexity of Black Girlhood Is at the Heart of The Hate U Give | The Atlantic

October 22, 2018African American Families, African American Lives ...

The film adaptation of Angie Thomas’s YA novel offers a startlingly honest portrait of its heroine confronting buried trauma to find her political voice.

She’s sold 500 paintings and written a children’s book. She’s 13. | The News & Observer

October 18, 2018African American Art, African American Author ...

Camryn, an eighth-grader at Thales Academy in Rolesville, talks about how she juggles it all and offers some advice for other young entrepreneurs.

Ta-Nehisi Coates and Hala Alyan Earn Dayton Literary Peace Prize | Colorlines

October 4, 2018African American Literature, KINDR'D ...

The prize recognizes works that promote cross-cultural understanding and the concept of peace.

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.

Why the New Reprint of James Baldwin’s Children’s Book Still Matters | Colorlines

August 27, 2018November 17, 2019African American Illustrator, African American Literature ...

Baldwin’s “Little Man, Little Man: A Story of Childhood” offers a haunting exploration of how Black children learn about racism. Colorlines talked to the late writer’s niece and one of the scholars who shepherded the title back to bookshelves about this unique work.

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.

The Philosopher Who Believed That Art Was Key to Black Liberation | The New York Times

August 1, 2018December 20, 2019African American Art, African American Literature ...

THE NEW NEGRO The Life of Alain Locke By Jeffrey C. Stewart 932 pp. Oxford University Press. $39.95. Alain LeRoy Locke’s drive to revolutionize black culture was fueled in no small part by his sense of self-importance. “When a man has something to be conceited over,” he wrote, “I call it self-respect.” Unlike many of […]

Duke University Instructor Jaki Shelton Green Becomes 1st African American Woman to be Named North Carolina’s Poet Laureate | Good Black News

July 9, 2018African American Education, African American Literature ...

“Jaki Shelton Green brings a deep appreciation of our state’s diverse communities to her role as an ambassador of North Carolina literature. Jaki’s appointment is a wonderful new chapter in North Carolina’s rich literary history.”

The Time Travels of Annie Sesstry

May 16, 2018African American Literature, Black Author ...

One summer day, Annie, her sister Emma, and her cousin Joshua slip through a portal and travel back in time to post-Civil War Georgia. They meet Fox and discover a secret about family time travelers through the generations, learning that history isn’t so dull after all.