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W.E.B. Du Bois’ study ‘The Philadelphia Negro’ at 125 still explains roots of the urban Black...
Houston Chronicle· 5 days ago(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary...
The Threat of Democracy on Campus at UMass
The Nation· 1 day agoEarlier that day, organizers from a coalition of campus solidarity groups had erected tents on a small section of the lawn by W.E.B.
A Philadelphia-based antebellum novel for readers who have had enough of stories that strip enslaved...
Philly.com· 3 hours agoWhen Prism’s outgoing editor in chief Ashton Lattimore learned of the violent anti-Black mob who...
Middle school teacher at heart of controversial Great Barrington police search for “Gender Queer”...
WAMC Northeast Public Radio· 6 days agoE.B. Du Bois Middle School to investigate an anonymous complaint about the award-winning book “Gender Queer” by Maia ...
Great Barrington teacher files federal lawsuit over police search for ‘Gender Queer: A Memoir’ in...
The Boston Globe· 7 days agoStorti that was included in court papers. The book has sparked controversy. In 2022, it topped the American Library Association’s list of most “challenged” books for a second straight year.
How the Harmon Foundation Played a Pivotal Role in Supporting the Artists of the Harlem Renaissance
ARTnews· 4 hours agoDuring the 1920s and ’30s, a cohort of Black artists, writers, and intellectuals, many of whom were...
When the C.I.A. Turned Writers Into Operatives
The New Yorker· 1 day agoThe novel, we recall, is about a totalitarian future, in which the dictator Big Brother controls and mass-surveils the populace; it ends with its once...
Ghana travel guide for the African American community
Rolling Out· 6 days agoAs a vibrant West African nation, Ghana stands out as a top destination for travelers seeking to...
Stevie Wonder Receives Citizenship in Ghana on 74th Birthday
Skanner· 2 days agoLegendary singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder is officially Ghanaian. On his 74th birthday, the US musical icon was granted citizenship of Ghana by the nation’s president, marking a heartfelt milestone ...
The End of Civic Compassion
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 6 days agoOwens also returns the teaching of the Civil War to a period before W.E.B. Du Bois’s magisterial ...