NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2024
Take a moment to rewind and catch up on the latest updates in the art library – now archived.
Get a free Official National Poetry Month Poster. Featuring artwork by Jack Wong, and lines from “blessing the boats” by Lucille Clifton.
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ART Podcast | Harlem is Everywhere, by The Met
The Harlem Is Everywhere podcast hosted by Jessica Lynne explores the impact of Harlem Renaissance on modern Black identity.
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ART GAME | Level Up Your Gaming Experience: Unleash Your Imagination and Play BLACK PHILLY, The Text Data Game
“Drexel University Libraries support The Kindred Blackness Museum’s “BLACK PHILLY” Text Data Game, engaging users with African American artists’ works.”
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ART Teach | African American Poetry Resources, Suggested by Dr. Maya Angelou
Discover a world of poetic possibilities Essential Poetry Lessons From the Poetry Foundation: In partnership with Furious Flower Poetry Center at James Madison University,Dr. Maya Angelou, and the Target Corporation, the Poetry Foundation has developed curriculum for teaching essential African American poetry to students of all ages. The curriculum includes lesson plans, discussion guides, bibliographies, a glossary of…
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ART Music | Center for Brooklyn History Talk: Blackface Minstrelsy and the Racial Foundation of American Musical Culture
Life’s choices create extraordinary paths, requiring creativity and courage. Explore the impact of blackface minstrelsy on American music and culture at the Center for Brooklyn History on May 15, 2024. Free admission, registration required.
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ART GRAM | “I Found Some Black Art and a Black Library in the Trenches of Lubbock, Texas” by kYmizsofly
The writer explores Eastside Lubbock and embraces their cultural heritage.
Cover Image Courtesy, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1893). Phillis Wheatley Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-7329-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
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