Category Archives: African American Writers

Event: WRITING FOR ACTIVISTS A FREE VIRTUAL MASTERCLASS WITH CHARLENE CARRUTHERS

Literary Art: Dallas Humanities Institute, Presents | A Different Perspective, Reading James Baldwin in Digital Age

Open Access: James Baldwin Review

Watch: Ruth Negga read Zadie Smith’s ‘Swing Time’

Read About: America’s First Writers Museum (Five Cool Things)

Hidden Charm Press Seeks Black Women Women Writers: The Power of Sisterhood

Documentary: American Masters | Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

Rita Dove, Poet Discusses the Arts, Words, and Literature in the age of Trump

Gwendolyn Brooks Centennial Celebration

#freebooks | Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, by Trevor Noah

Watch: James Baldwin – The Artist’s Struggle for Integrity (Full Recording)

Toni Morrison Papers Now Available for Research

Upclose & Personal with Octavia Butler’s Journal

The Crisis {Magazine} Collection Archived Online

Culture Type Picks: Best Art Books of 2015

By TA-NEHISI COATES: ‘Letter to My Son’ – “Here is what I would like for you to know: In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body—it is heritage.”