Between the Lines: Peter Slevin
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... Read More
Books
Who is Billie Holiday?
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.... Read More
To Be Or Not to Be African
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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... Read More