Category: Black Literature

She’s Creating An All-Female Superhero Comic Book Universe | Black Enterprise

African American Author, African American Literature ...

Samara Lynn, Black Enterprise Courtesy Aza Comics, Featured Image [dropcap]In[/dropcap] Now that the movie Black Panther has turned out to be a cultural and money-making phenomenon—interest in comic books and how to create them is bound to spike. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] There are several well-established black comic books writers and artists who have worked on major […]

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Nikki Giovanni Blasts Trump Presidency: Black People Voting for Him Is Like a Vote for Slavery | Atlanta Black Star

African American Activist, African American Literature ...

Kiersten Willis, Atlanta Black Star Nikki Giovanni speaking at Emory University in 2008., Featured Image [dropcap]Poet[/dropcap] Nikki Giovanni wants Donald Trump’s presidency to crash and burn and said Black Americans voting for him was like a vote for slavery. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “My heart breaks for the next generation with these fools in the White House,” […]

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A ‘Native Son’ Reimagined, With James Baldwin in Mind | The New York Times

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Salamishah Tillet, The New York Times The playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, left, and the visual artist Rashid Johnson collaborated on the latest film adaptation of Richard Wright’s “Native Son,” setting it in present-day Chicago. Credit Gioncarlo Valentine for The New York Times, Featured Image [dropcap]In[/dropcap] its earliest conception, Richard Wright’s best-seller “Native Son” was envisioned for […]

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Roxane Gay and Marlon James explore his African myth-inspired ‘Black Leopard, Red Wolf’ | The San Diego Union-Tribune

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Christian Orozco, Writer and editor Roxanne Gay interviews author Marlon James about his latest book, “Black Leopard, Red Wolf,” at Los Angeles’ Museum of African American Art on Feb 20. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times). Featured Image [dropcap]Surrounded[/dropcap] by art depicting vibrant landscapes and black bodies, Marlon James discussed his latest novel, “Black […]

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The Explosive Chapter Left Out of Malcolm X’s Autobiography | History.com

African American Activist, African American History ...

Missy Sullivan, History.com Truman Moore/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images, Featured Image [dropcap]It’s[/dropcap] not often that a little-known chapter from one of the most important books of the 20th century emerges into the public sphere. Especially one in which a prominent civil-rights figure delivers a stern rebuke to his race. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] In July 2018, the […]

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Leyla Fern King receives Gold Key recognition for ‘To Mama’ | The St. Louis American

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The St. Louis American Staff, The St. Louis American [dropcap]Leyla[/dropcap] Fern King received the highest Gold Key recognition for her poem “To Mama” in the 2019 Missouri Writing Region of the Scholastic Writing Awards Contest and now advances to national competition. She is a sophomore at John Burroughs School where she serves as sophomore justice […]

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Black History Month: a Reading List | OUPBlog

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Eleanor Robson & Mara Sandroff, OUPBlog [dropcap]February[/dropcap] marks the celebration of Black History Month in the United States and Canada, an annual celebration of achievements by Black Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in US history. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The first variation of Black History Month was initiated by Dr. […]

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