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Dorothy West, African American Author, Black Author, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, WRIIT, Wriit,

Whatever happened to author Dorothy West? | The Guardian

August 21, 2019August 21, 2019

Writing alongside Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes, West was the last surviving member of the Harlem Renaissance. Diana Evans asks: why were her books overlooked for so long?

Toni Morrison, African American Writer, Black Writer, African American Literature, Black Literature, Black Books, African American Books, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, WRIIT, Wriit,

Will we read Toni Morrison in troubled times? Yes, we will read Toni Morrison on troubled times | Scroll.in

August 19, 2019August 19, 2019

The works of the Nobel Laureate who died on August 5, 2019 are a navigational compass through our own treacherous landscapes.

Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, Paradise, Jazz, Beloved, Sula, A Mercy, Playing In The Dark, Mourning for Whiteness, African American Writer, African American Author, African American Literature, Black Writer, Black Author, Black Literature, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, WRIIT, Wriit,

Statement on the Passing of Toni Morrison | National Museum of African American History & Culture

August 9, 2019August 9, 2019

Thinker, Writer, Literary Activist, Nobel Laureate

The 9 Most Essential Toni Morrison Works | Rolling Stone

August 7, 2019August 7, 2019

The celebrated author and Nobel Prize winner died this week at the age of 88

Ta-Nehisi Coates, African American Writer, African American Author, African American Literature, Black Writer, Black Author, Black Literature, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, WRIIT, Wriit,

The Beautiful Power of Ta-Nehisi Coates | Vanity Fair

August 7, 2019August 7, 2019

With his groundbreaking nonfiction works, Ta-Nehisi Coates emerged as our most vital public intellectual. Now, his debut novel, The Water Dancer, takes him to uncharted depths.

The Nickel Boys, Colson Whitehead, African American Author, Black Author, African American Literature, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, WRIIT, Wriit,

For The ‘Nickel Boys,’ Life Isn’t Worth 5 Cents | NPR

July 19, 2019July 19, 2019

Michael Schaub, NPR The long string of horrors that took place at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys wasn’t a secret, but it might as well have been. Former students of the Florida reform school had spoken out for years about the brutal beatings that they endured at the hands of sadistic employees, but […]

Sherikiana Gerima, Sankofa Books & Cafe, Sankofa, African American Bookstore, Black Bookstore, Black Owned Bookstore, WRIIT, Wriit, Great Eats, Washington DC Restaurants, Black Owned Restaurants, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN

Sankofa bookstore on track for tax relief as it fights to stay alive | WUSA9

July 2, 2019July 2, 2019

Sankofa bookstore near Howard University has been a cultural hub through decades of DC history — now it’s struggling to survive the rising tide of property values.

Langston Hughes, Nina Simone, African American Literature, Black Literature, African American Activist, Black Activist, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, WRIIT, Wriit,

Langston Hughes’s Ardent Public Fan Letter to the Young Nina Simone | Brain Pickings

June 26, 2019June 26, 2019

“She is strange. So are the plays of Brendan Behan, Jean Genet, LeRoi Jones, and Bertholt Brecht. She is far-out, and at the same time common. So are raw eggs in Worcestershire and The Connection.”

Sandra Cutts, African American History, Black History, U.S. History, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, WRIIT,

UAB student selected for prestigious national fellowship | Birmingham Times

June 4, 2019June 4, 2019

Yvonne Taunton, Birmingham Times Sandra Cutts (Provided Photo). Featured Image After a week of interviews in legislative offices on Capitol Hill, Sandra Cutts, a University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Engineering doctoral candidate, has been selected as one of 60 students to be a 2019 John A. Knauss Marine Policy fellow. Cutts is also […]

Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Michelle Obama, Langston Hughes, Ntozake Shange, Octavia E. Butler, Lucille Clifton, bell hooks, African American History, Black History, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, WRIIT,

A Play About Maya Angelou is Being Developed for Broadway | Colorlines

April 18, 2019April 18, 2019

“Phenomenal Woman: An Evening with Maya Angelou” will debut in 2021.

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