September 27, 2025 1 min read Solange Launches the Saint Heron Library: A Living Archive for Black & Brown Literary Heritage by Tony O. Lawson Solange Knowles has once again redefined cultural… Read More
March 1, 2025 1 min read Silenced Stories: 20 Black Authors Facing Censorship Books by Black authors are increasingly targeted in removal campaigns… Read More
February 20, 2023 2 mins read Crafting Words and Connections: Join Jnane Tamsna’s 2nd Writing Retreat in Morocco If you’re a writer looking for an opportunity to connect… Read More
February 4, 2023 1 min read Ann Petry: The First Black Woman to Sell Over a Million Copies of a Book Ann Petry was an accomplished African American author and pharmacist… Read More
January 7, 2023 1 min read Exploring the Roots of Africa’s Underdevelopment in Walter Rodney’s ‘How Europe Underdeveloped Africa’ “How Europe Underdeveloped Africa” was released in 1972. In his… Read More
November 24, 2022 2 mins read Coffee Table Books by Black Authors Elevate your living space with coffee table books that add… Read More
September 3, 2021 1 min read Inauguration Poet Amanda Gorman Partners With Estée Lauder on a New Literacy Initiative Amanda Gorman, activist, award-winning writer, and the youngest inaugural poet… Read More
March 22, 2020 4 mins read Why Octavia Butler’s Novels Are So Relevant Today It’s campaign season in the US, and a charismatic dark… Read More
August 6, 2019 1 min read 10 Toni Morrison Quotes That Show Why She Was A Literary Genius Toni Morrison, the literary GIANT, who manipulated the English language… Read More
January 7, 2019 4 mins read (Re)presenting the Color Line as Told By Du Bois’s Data Portraits Much has been written on W. E. B. Du Bois… Read More
Howard University Gallery of Art Lends Elizabeth Catlett Works to Major Exhibition on Black Women’s Historical Memory