Finding authors of color made easy
Finding authors of color made easy
I am a fan of Jane Austen’s work. I have read most of her books at least twice and Pride and Prejudice more than dozen times. Despite my great love for Lizzie, Darcy and rest of the gang, I never could quite saw myself in the Regency world of Longbourn and Pemberley. This year, three […]
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Its the beginning of Women’s History Month! February was an exciting blur of life, learning and having the flu. But as the saying goes: Nevertheless, she persisted! While didn’t post often, I did read a ton. My top five reads: An American Marriage Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream
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Youtube has a playlist called #CreatingBlackHistory for February. It focuses on modern-day creators or news stories about black people impacting the world. I find the idea an exciting way to celebrate Black history month. It got me thinking…who did I think will be in the history books? Who would next MLK or Rosa Parks? What
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As I take the time to learn more about the civil rights movement, I am faced with how little I knew about the female leaders of the civil rights movement. Discovering them has given me perspective how sexism impacted the civil rights movement. These women face the obstacles from within their organizations and the outside
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Robin Coste Lewis reflects on a black female education in this poem from her National Book Award-winning volume, Voyage of the Sable Venus. Art & Craft I would figure out all the right answers first, then gently mark a few of them wrong. If a quiz had ten problems, I’d cancel out one. When it
You may or may not know it’s National Poetry Month. I signed up for poem-a-day newsletter to celebrate. It’s fun way to rediscover old classics and be introduced to new voices. One such new gem is Airea D. Matthews. Swindle -Trenton, NJ 1977 Learn the suits, Ace: a club looks like a three-leaf clover
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New York is my favorite place in the world and it happens to be my hometown. I am pretty luck in that way. When I travel, I realize how much of blessing and curse it is to be from here. Surrounded by a vibrant culture, ever-changing skyline, and everyone’s side hustle, I forget NYC is
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Jean-Baptist-Point Du Sable Founding Father of Chicago He was a Black pioneer, trader, and founder of the settlement that later became the city of Chicago. Du Sable was from St. Marc, Sainte-Domingue [now Haiti]. His French father had moved there and married a Black woman. DuSable is believed to have been a freeborn. Around the
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5 links I checked out to expand my reading list of authors of color this week. These lists are incisive nonfiction to celebrated fiction. 22 Award-Winning Books by African American Authors How Black Books Lit My Way Along The Appalachian Trail 10 Essential Books About the Immigrant Experience 9 Books with Black Female Lead Characters
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As the evening star rises, I want to share my favorite images of Black Love. When I started exploring Black History Month, I was afraid it was always going to be a story of overcoming. Achieving despite the many obstacles in the way. I don’t see love like that. To me love something that should
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