Black History Month traces back to 1915, half a century after the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in the United States. In that pivotal year, Carter G. Woodson and Jesse E. Moorland founded ...

A voracious reader, the president liked poetry, Civil War history and Southern fiction. He also sent Erica Jong a fan letter.

From early critiques at Wesleyan to her upcoming Dia Beacon show, Green’s work explores the complex intersections of race, ...

As a student at the University of Ibadan, Aig-Imoukhuede had also deployed his creative rebellion to counter what he perceived to be racial abuse — even if subtle.

For centuries he has been celebrated across the world for his plain-speaking verse and wry observations on the human ...

The city chose Ronney Stevens to paint murals at the ZerNona S. Black Center — which was built on the site where he lived as ...

As an English teacher, one of my favourite poems to teach, to pupils of almost all ages, is Chinua Achebe’s ‘Vultures’. In ...

WELCOME to the latest installment of the Bocas Book Bulletin, a monthly roundup of Caribbean literary news, curated by the ...

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Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States, was a bestselling author in a wide range of genres. His stories drew from ...

(House of Anansi Press, Imalka Nilmalgoda) Scientific Marvel is a poetry collection that looks into the history of and current ... He is founder of Black Moss Press, one of Canada's oldest ...