langston hughes
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An Ode to My Favorite Poem of All Time—From the Movie Trippin'—Whose Title I Can't Put Here Because It's Profane
Y’all really don’t talk about the movie Trippin’ enough. Released in 1999 and starring everybody’s favorite next-door neighbor, Bud—Deon Richmond—and Maia Campbell, Trippin’ is one of those movies that never gets old, is always fun and seems to get absolutely no flowers, and I have no idea why. Richmond plays Greg Reed, an unambitious high…
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It’s a Lowkey Different World: Debbie Allen Talks Almost Collabing With Issa Rae for A Different World Reboot
What happens to a potential TV show reboot that dies down before it can properly fire up? Does it dry up, like a raisin in the sun? Does it fester like a sore and then run? Or does it get caught up in legalities because the show’s original creator got sent to the big house…
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Lift Evr’y Voice and Chill: Start Your Black History Month Off Right With These Virtual Events
Happy Thursday, folks! As you may have already realized, Black History Month is now in full effect. To help commemorate this glorious albeit short occasion, several organizations, networks and nonprofits have rolled out a whole host of events, talks, musical programming and more. Keep reading to see what’s in store for this week. And in…
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Rebels of Black History: How ‘Joy Goddess’ A’Lelia Walker Created Revolutionary Spaces for the Artistic and the Sensual
She helped artists and intellectuals be the fullest versions of themselves in a country that treated blackness and queerness as a crime.
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Rebels of Black History: The Life and Legend of Madam Stephanie St. Clair
She used her nerves of steel and mathematical acumen to become a fashion icon, civil rights advocate, and Harlem legend.
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Harlem’s Schomburg Center Designated a National Historic Landmark
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture was designated a national historic landmark this week. The site in central Harlem was among 24 places the U.S. Department of the Interior gave the honor to on Wednesday. The 91-year-old research library is named after black Puerto Rican Arturo Schomburg, a leading voice of the Harlem…
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Black Writers Rally to Save Langston Hughes’ Home
The home occupied by one of the great leaders of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes, still stands on 127th Street in Harlem today. Hughes used the top floor of the home as his workroom from 1947 to his death in 1967; it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The current owner,…