Zo, Okayplayer Henry Adebonojo. Featured Image [dropcap]T[/dropcap]erence Blanchard‘s heralded opera, Fire Shut Up in My Bones, is set to make its debut at The Metropolitan Opera House in NYC. Though it had plenty to choose from over the last century or so, the production will be the first-ever opera by a black composer to be […]
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Ta-Nehisi Coates On Magic, Memory And The Underground Railroad | NPR
Growing up in Maryland, author Ta-Nehisi Coates was enthralled by stories of Harriet Tubman, the 19th century abolitionist who operated the Underground Railroad on the state’s Eastern Shore. He read about Tubman’s efforts to lead enslaved people to freedom, and was struck by the surreal qualities of her story. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “It just seemed wild,” […]
View MoreBANNED: The Bluest Eye| PBS
By From The Collection” The Library, PBS [dropcap]C[/dropcap]The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison’s first novel, was published in 1970. Set in Lorain, Ohio — where Morrison herself was born — the book tells the story of Pecola Breedlove, an eleven-year-old African American girl who is convinced that she is ugly, and yearns to have lighter skin and […]
View MoreWhatever happened to author Dorothy West? | The Guardian
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?
View MoreThe Internet Is Unmasking Racism. Here’s What That Means to Young People of Color. | The Brink
In his own words, BU sociologist Rob Eschmann reveals the findings of his new study
View MoreStatement on the Passing of Toni Morrison | National Museum of African American History & Culture
Thinker, Writer, Literary Activist, Nobel Laureate
View MoreThe 9 Most Essential Toni Morrison Works | Rolling Stone
The celebrated author and Nobel Prize winner died this week at the age of 88
View MoreThe Beautiful Power of Ta-Nehisi Coates | Vanity Fair
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.
View MoreFor The ‘Nickel Boys,’ Life Isn’t Worth 5 Cents | NPR
Michael Schaub, NPR [dropcap]The[/dropcap] 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 […]
View MoreThe-Pieces-I-Am | The Philadelphia Sun
An intimate look at the award-winning writer, opening Friday, June 28 at the Ritz 5
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