This year’s observance of Black History Month carries forward the centennial anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance. However, in this reflective season, we find ourselves at a crossroads that would be ...
In 1773, London’s presses produced a small book with a portrait of a young woman, among many other similar copies. The woman wore a respectable bonnet across her forehead, lost deep in thought while ...
African Americans have long negotiated their experience within a hostile environment, and although this hostility has left a mark on African American literature, it does not totally define this genre.
Ahenewa El-Amin has taught African American literature and AP English Literature and Composition for years at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky. She heard that Florida state officials moved to ...
In his latest book, the Harvard scholar shows how African American writers have used the written word to shape their reality despite constraints imposed on them from outside. By Tope Folarin Tope ...
Students at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky., initially signed up for an African American literature and film class this year. But after English teacher Ahenewa El-Amin got the support of her ...
Introduction: the long rugged road / William R. Scott and William G. Shade -- Africa, the slave trade, and the diaspora / Joseph C. Miller -- Creating a biracial society, 1619-1720 / Jean R. Soderlund ...
The new course will undergo a pilot program in 60 schools, as the debate over how to teach history becomes ever more divisive. By Anemona Hartocollis The College Board is jumping into the fray over ...
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (WNDU) - Sharon and Emanuel Brown founded the African American History & Literature Gallery in 2018 after they returned to Benton Harbor following decades in California. The ...
Black-owned bookstores have a rich tradition of being a place for knowledge, community, and resistance. As a result, many of them, in cities nationwide, were targeted by the FBI in the 1960s and 70s ...
In the national conversation taking place about systemic racism in the United States, one important element should not be overlooked: linguistic prejudice. African American English, like other ...
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