Posts Tagged ‘Books’
How Archives Tell the Truth America Tries to Forget
Shanna Ward’s new book required her to delve deep into archives to unveil history about resistance in the antebellum south.
Read MoreBritish crown was world’s largest buyer of enslaved people by 1807, book reveals
A new book reveals how much the British monarchy was involved in slavery, despite appeals for them to honor the humanity of enslaved people.
Read MoreA Ticketed Event with Imani Perry at ABHM
Boswell Book Company, America’s Black Holocaust Museum, and Niche Book Bar present a ticketed evening with National Book Award-winning author Imani Perry at ABHM. Perry appears with the paperback edition of her latest work, Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People.
Read MoreThe New History of Fighting Slavery
A new book dives into José Antonio Aponte and his portraits of those enslaved in Cuba that showed their humanity–and ability to resist.
Read MoreWhat People Don’t Understand About Black Nationalism
A new book pulls back the curtains on an activist whose contributions are often left out of the history despite her influence.
Read MoreThe Civil Rights Movement Changed America. We Glorify It at Our Peril.
In his book, Terry argues for an understanding of the Civil Rights Movement that aids us in our current and future fight for liberation.
Read More‘Reading Rainbow’ to return, with viral librarian Mychal Threets as its host
Thweets uses social media to promote reading and literacy, espousing many of the traits of the show’s former host.
Read MoreHow a Tradition Forged in Slavery Persists Today
A new book delves into the practice of conjure, its roots in multiple religious and cultural systems, and its place in American culture.
Read MoreThree Black Siblings Create Heartfelt Children’s Book to Honor Late Grandfather and Celebrate Elders
Texas has redrawn congressional maps, giving power to white voters, who are the minority, and diluting others’ votes.
Read MoreInside prison walls, here’s how a book program is changing lives
Reginald Betts, who discovered how hard it was to find books in prison, helped spearhead this project to provide prisoners with books.
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