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The book is a celebration of spaces, past and present, where Black intellect, activism and community flourish. :: In the ...
In her new book, “Toni at Random,” Dana A. Williams highlights the groundbreaking writer’s time working in publishing.
Emmy-nominated producer Eli Frankel connects the dots between the infamous cold case and another murder miles away ...
You know the saying "kids say the darnedest things?" As author Matt Forrest Esenwine explains, they write some pretty wild ...
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is one of the largest repositories of Black history in the country ...
As in a poem, objects in Johnson’s work endlessly ... a recurring constellation of materials reappears: black soap, shea butter, glass, ceramic, books, plants and vinyl albums.
Poynor’s talent for craft and his improbable rise to prominence is one of ten beautifully illustrated essays in A Short History of Black Craft in Ten Objects, a new book that chart’s the ...
And this year, there are many newly-published picture books that celebrate aspects of Black life in nuanced ways ... they come across lots of little objects, from pine cones to pencils.
Learn Black history with these objects from the National Museum of African ... of African American History and Culture: A Souvenir Book, which is available from Smithsonian Books.
He's told us some of what he's found in a new book titled "A Short History Of Black Craft." It's organized by essays and Illustrations profiling 10 Black craftspeople and the objects they left behind.
He speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about his new book, "A Short History of Black Craft in Ten Objects." : [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: In the broadcast version of this interview, Robell Awake ...