This conversation focuses on the work of author Adrienne Maree Brown and the idea of pleasure activism: how embracing one’s own joy is a method of creating liberation in a system of oppression. Featuring artist-essayist-playwright Daniel Alexander Jones... Read More
Interview
LIVE from NYPL: Terry McMillan with Tayari Jones — Tuesday, May 26 | 8 PM (EDT) The New York Times best-selling author Terry McMillan discusses her career and her newest book, "It’s Not All Downhill from Here", with Tayari Jones, author of "An American Marriage". The Schomburg Center partners with LIVE from NYPL's digital event.... Read More
On May 19th, the Schomburg Center celebrated birthdays of Playwright Lorraine Hansberry (90th) and human rights activist Malcolm X (95th). Lorraine Hansberry was born in 1930 and Malcolm X in 1925. Each used words to expand, enhance, and challenge the conversation on how we see ourselves and how the rest of the world sees us.... Read More
The legendary “Godfather of Soul” James Brown was ecstatic when saxophonist Pee Wee Ellis blew his horn. But, perhaps just as important, without this 77-year-old... Read More
Valerie Simpson-songwriter-producer-singer-musician-performer. And, with her husband, lifetime partner, and soulmate—the late Nickolas Ashford--she is also one half of the dynamic duo known as Ashford & Simpson—perhaps the music world’s most applauded husband-and-wife team ever. With an unrivaled track record, this iconic couple has earned the respect of their peers in the music industry, as well as immeasurable adoration from generation after generation of loyal fans.... Read More
In my post on February 27, 2017, In Defense of Rachel Dolezal—white woman who identifies as black, now jobless, may soon be homeless, I described my uneasiness with which both black and white communities have spoken ill about Rachel Dolezal. Up until reading the article about Rachel's plight, I knew only peripheral bits and pieces about her from news reports and the vitriolic responses I've read a number of black and white individuals. After reading the article, I called a couple of my friends to ask them what they thought about Rachel Dolezal.... Read More
In 1992, I was very busy working on a career and Hip Hop was not on my radar, and consequently, I didn't listen to a Tupac Shakur. I had no idea who Tupac was. It's only within the past two years that I've followed the "Listen to it!... Read More
"Voguing" [embedyt] • Remember Willi Ninja of The House of Ninja? Here's also the 1990 film Paris Is Burning... Read More
