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PageTurners: These Titles Were Written in the Stars…Literally
Amazon presents Black Stars, an original fiction anthology; Broadway gets a racial critique; Black vampires infiltrate the CIA
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‘They’re Looking Down Upon Children’: The Root Presents: It’s Lit! Talks Teaching Antiracism With Jason Reynolds
Last year, the YA author achieved an artful remix of Ibram X. Kendi's seminal work; this year, it has new relevance.
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PageTurners: ‘Double Consciousness’ and Dual Paths of Persistence at the Forefront of Black Literature
An 800-page love letter dedicated to W.E.B. Du Bois stands in stark contrast to a graphic novel about Rep. John Lewis and a dozen other divergent literary tales
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As the 40th Anniversary of The Color Purple Nears, Alice Walker Gets Candid About Cancellation
The revered, occasionally reclusive and controversial author grants a rare interview to the Banished podcast.
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‘It’s a Spiritual Thing’: The Root Presents: It’s Lit! Explores the Ethereal With Akwaeke Emezi
The bestselling author discusses the nonbinary world of the spirit, as intimately explored in their gripping memoir, Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir.
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The Obama Cinematic Universe Continues With New HBO Docuseries and Book
RENEGADES: Born in the USA, the book, will chronicle a series of candid conversations between the 44th president and music legend Bruce Springsteen.
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Dr. Ian Smith Claims He Was Fired After Attempts to Combat Racial Discrimination on The Doctors, Files Complaint
Smith filed a complaint against ViacomCBS and Dr. Phil’s Stage 29 Productions, where he spoke up for more inclusion and pay equity for African Americans.
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PageTurners: The Simultaneous Attack and Guidance of Literature
At some point in time, we all pick up a book to help us find a better way of understanding who we are. This week, we see that guidance spread across genres
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I'm Happy That Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates Are Going to Howard. Now, Howard Folks Get to Be More Insufferable. Yay
From one 'elite' HBCU graduate to a legion of others up in Washington, DC...congratulations.
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Nikole Hannah-Jones Rejects UNC-Chapel Hill Position for Job at Howard U Along With Ta-Nehisi Coates
Hannah-Jones has found herself a home that truly embodies Blackness in education. She's where she needs to be and the HBCU world is better for it.