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February 3: James Baldwin

Ronald Bunn — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 13:22:00 +0000

A Daily Journey Through Black History Month “The Fire Next Time” and the Call for Justice Story James Baldwin was a writer, essayist, and activist

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Taking a “Walk with James Baldwin”

Ronald Bunn — Sun, 01 Sep 2024 15:51:55 +0000

In James Baldwin’s first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953), the main character walks from his Harlem home through Central Park into Midtown,

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Henry Dumas “an absolute genius” writes Toni Morrison

Ronald Bunn — Sat, 20 Jul 2024 12:07:57 +0000

Henry Dumas was a prolific African-American writer and poet. His work continues to be celebrated for its unique voice and its powerful storytelling. Born on

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Paul Laurence Dunbar — the caged birds sing “Happy Birthday”

Marion Coleman — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 16:06:41 +0000

Paul Laurence Dunbar was a prominent African-American poet, novelist and short story writer who rose to fame in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Octavia Estelle Butler – a formidable science fiction writer

Ronald Bunn — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 15:01:31 +0000

Octavia Estelle Butler, born on June 22 1947, was a formidable science fiction writer who was renown of her innovative storytelling, diverse characters and thought-provoking

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Emily Meggett shares her centuries-old Gullah Geechee recipes

Sandhi Smalls Santini — Sat, 18 Jun 2022 12:34:22 +0000

Through my childhood eyes, I always saw Edisto Island as a place far removed from the rest of the world. In fact, there was a

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Schomburg Center’s Black Liberation Reading List

Ronald Bunn — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 08:03:01 +0000

In honor of Schomburg Center's 95th anniversary, curators, archivists, and staff members organized a list of 95 books that foster and celebrate a better understanding of the Black experience.

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Live from the New York Public Library

Ronald Bunn — Wed, 20 May 2020 09:06:20 +0000

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.

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Between the Lines: Shaka Senghor and John Forte

Ronald Bunn — Thu, 26 May 2016 13:48:06 +0000

In his memoir Writing My Wrongs, Shaka Senghor chronicles child abuse, violence, depression, and life in the streets as a drug dealer, which led him to

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Bernard J. Marsh

Ronald Bunn — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 13:00:09 +0000

Friday June 26, 2015, 6:00pm-9:00pm African American Museum’s Street Fair Hempstead, Long Island & Saturday, June 27, 2015, 12pm-6pm. Selling my book “The Night Has A

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Toni Morrison’s “God Help the Child”

Ronald Bunn — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 10:09:16 +0000

Monday, June 1, 2015 from 7pm-9pm The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 515 Malcolm X Blvd Harlem The Literary Society book club discusses Toni

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Between the Lines: Ginger Adams Otis

Ronald Bunn — Wed, 06 May 2015 07:34:57 +0000

Tuesday, May 12, 2015, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 515 Malcolm X Blvd Harlem Ginger Adams Otis in

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Ghosts of Amistad

Ronald Bunn — Mon, 04 May 2015 06:57:46 +0000

Wednesday, May 6, 2015 – from 6:30pm to 8:30pm Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 515 Malcolm X Blvd Harlem Marcus Rediker, author of

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Forever

Ronald Bunn — Sat, 02 May 2015 07:12:38 +0000

April 22, 2015—May 31, 2015 New York Theatre Workshop 79 East 4th Street Manhattan Dael Orlandersmith (Yellowman, Monster, The Gimmick) returns to the Workshop with an uplifting

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Finding One’s Voice in Writing

Ronald Bunn — Fri, 01 May 2015 10:47:08 +0000

Thursday, May 7, 2015, 3:30-5:30pm PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, NYC The Bronx Museum of the Arts 1040 Grand Concourse Bronx With Billy Kahora

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Stories That Traveled

Ronald Bunn — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 09:36:08 +0000

Wednesday, May 6, 2015, 7:00pm PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, NYC Nuyorican Poets Cafe 236 East 3rd Street Manhattan Baba Wagué Diakité, Marilyn Nelson, Nnedi

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Between the Lines: Peter Slevin

Ronald Bunn — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 06:48:17 +0000

Monday, May 4, 2015 from 6:30pm to 8pm Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 515 Malcolm X Blvd Manhattan Michelle Obama: A Life by

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Who is Billie Holiday?

Ronald Bunn — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 18:11:42 +0000

In President Barack Obama’s children’s book Of Thee I Sing: A Letter To My Daughters, which profiles thirteen Americans who helped shape present-day America, the President describes singer as a woman with her “own song.” Indeed, Lady Day is one of the most distinctly recognizable voices of the 20th century.

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To Be Or Not to Be African

Odehyah Gough-Israel — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 17:28:00 +0000

When Black Americans adopted the insignia African American, nowhere in the instruction manual was it written that knowledge of Africa would be magically conferred. Thus

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