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14 eye-opening essays from Black writers to read to understand America's problems with race
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCrystal M. Fleming, author and associate professor of sociology and Africana Studies at SUNY Stony...
Billy Porter to Play James Baldwin in Upcoming Biopic
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPose star Billy Porter is set to play James Baldwin in a feature based on the life of the legendary...
Tom Perrotta on James Baldwin, 'Jane Eyre,' and the Book That Shaped His Worldview
Elle via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWelcome to Shelf Life, ELLE.com’s books column, in which authors share their most memorable reads....
Anti-Racism Required Reading 101: Books You Definitely Need To Read Now
STYLECASTER via Yahoo News· 11 months agoFor anyone who isn’t Black, to truly understand systemic racism and America’s enduring legacy of...
History: James Baldwin’s civil rights and poetry in Palm Springs
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 1 month agoIn three spare and widely spaced type-written pages, the Black, gay, expatriate, erudite man of...
Progress Is Not A Given. It is Won
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCredit - Illustration by Aaron Marin for TIME; Source Photos: Getty Images (3), NYPL (2) On a cold, brisk January afternoon, I am sitting in my favorite...
9 Banned Books We Just Can’t Live Without
The Oprah Magazine via Yahoo News· 8 months ago9 Banned Books We Just Can’t Live WithoutHearst Owned Between 2021 and 2022, the American Library Association reported a 70 percent increase in requests...
People Are Calling George M. Johnson's YA Book An "Instant Classic," And Yet It's Getting Banned...
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 3 months agoBravo / Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty Images It's not every day you write a book that ends up being...
9 Great Banned Books By Black Authors That You Need to Read— Now
The Root via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMy love of books comes from a genuine desire to make sense of the past, learn new things and hear...
Dan Wakefield, Indianapolis novelist and screenwriter, dies at age 91
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 2 months agoDan Wakefield, the writer and journalist known for his bestselling novels and memoirs on cultural...
