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Four Black Political Pioneers Pen Book of Their Lives | AFRO

January 25, 2019January 25, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

“For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics” (St. Martin’s Press) tracks the stories of Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry and Minyon Moore, (With Veronica Chambers) in a book that is part memoir, an ode to friendship and an insider’s tome to the political landscape over the last few decades.

An Artist Guards Detroit’s Identity and Who Can Claim It | Hyperallergic

January 24, 2019January 24, 2019African American Art, Black Art ...

Tiff Massey’s hyper-territorialism regarding who can claim Detroit as their home comes into philosophical conflict with some of the culture blending she utilizes in a new body of fiber-based work.

Flint Launches Program to Help Kids Who Need Special Education Services Because of Water Crisis | Colorlines

January 24, 2019March 23, 2019KOLUMN Magazine, WRIIT Export

Experts say it’s a step in the right direction, but not enough.

‘We Call Ourselves the Badasses’: Meet the New Women of Congress | Politico

January 23, 2019January 23, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

The history-making class of new women on Capitol Hill is here, and its members have a lot to say.

A Lovestruck Poultry Farmer on a Journey Far From Home | The New York Times

January 23, 2019January 23, 2019KOLUMN Magazine

“An Orchestra of Minorities,” a new novel by the Nigerian writer Chigozie Obioma, follows his excellent debut, “The Fishermen.” That novel — a Cain and Abel-like story about four brothers who learn of a prophecy foretelling that one will murder the oldest — was a tour de force, an unexpected take on a familiar story.

Meet The Black Woman who Created The World’s Largest Tech Conference | Shoppe Black

January 23, 2019March 23, 2019Africa, African Economics ...

Ngozi Odita is the founder of Social Media Week Lagos. She is a producer and a public speaker that works with artists and arts organizations to produce public programming that includes art exhibitions, film screenings, concerts & artist talks.

5 Writers of Color Who Should Win the Poets Laureate Fellowship | Colorlines

January 23, 2019January 23, 2019KOLUMN Magazine

The Academy of American Poets’ new grant program will support the poets who head arts initiatives for cities, tribes and states across the country.

Barry Jenkins Is Trying Not to Think About ‘Barry Jenkins’ | The New York Times

January 23, 2019January 23, 2019KOLUMN Magazine

The Oscar-winning artist behind “If Beale Street Could Talk” and “Moonlight” grapples with the spotlight, with advice from Denzel Washington and Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘Letter From Birmingham Jail’ | The Atlantic

January 22, 2019January 17, 2022African American History, Black History ...

“We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation, because the goal of America is freedom.”

Hotel dishwasher awarded $21 million after boss made her work on Sundays | NBC News

January 22, 2019January 22, 2019KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine ...

Marie Jean Pierre, who worked as a dishwasher at the Conrad Miami, sued Virginia-based Park Hotels & Resorts, formerly known as Hilton Worldwide, in 2017 for violations of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.