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Presidents Day, Meet Black History Month
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA first edition of the book "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral", by Phillis Wheatley. (Photo by Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty...
31 Black History Facts You May Not Have Learned in School
The Oprah Magazine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFrom the hidden figures who made an impact, essential Black inventors, change-making civil rights...
A Banned Book on Racism Becomes a Gripping Netflix Documentary
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIn the spring of 2022, Ibram X. Kendi was recognized as one of the most banned authors in America....
EDITORIAL: Wheatley School history is our history
McAlester News-Capital, Okla. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 25—A former school in Hartshorne is part of our community's history. Eddie Kelly and Mary Beth Neighbors recently shared their memories of attending grade school at Phyllis Wheatley School ...
Truth Hall, FAMU’s last standing residence hall named after a woman, comes tumbling down
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe land under FAMU’s last historic women’s residence hall, named after abolitionist and women’s...
'Embrace the dream': MLK Day offers music, poetry and storytelling
The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich. via Yahoo News· 5 months agoJan. 12—TRAVERSE CITY — On Monday, 95 years after his birth and 56 years after his death, Traverse City will celebrate the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with a full menu of ...
‘Stamped From the Beginning’ tells the truth about our history and centers Black women
theGrio via AOL· 9 months agoOPINION: The new Netflix documentary based on the book by Ibram X. Kendi utilizes only Black women...
Black Poetry Day adopted by NYS
Press-Republican, Plattsburgh, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 15—PLATTSBURGH — On Monday evening, Dr. Roger Reeves, author of "King Me" and "Best Barbarian," is the 38th featured Black Poetry Day poet at SUNY Plattsburgh. The 2022 National Book Award ...
‘Stamped From the Beginning’ Review: Netflix Doc Goes Back in Time to Explore the Origins of...
Variety via Yahoo News· 7 months agoMany of us probably think we know how racist anti-Black ideas started or think racism was always...
Raja Shehadeh, Yiyun Li and Maria Bamford among L.A. Times Book Prize finalists
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoL.A. Times Book Prize finalists Raja Shehadeh, from left, Yiyun Li and Maria Bamford. (Simone...
