Tag: Black History Month
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Black History Month
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Read More: Black History MonthIt was a busy month for us here in the English department. Because of that, we didn’t get to celebrate Black History Month as much as we would have liked. And now we find ourselves in the final hours of the month with a whole list of ideas for posts…
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Black History Month: Oscars 2019
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Read More: Black History Month: Oscars 2019There were a lot of firsts during last night’s Oscar ceremony, worth celebrating whether it’s Black History Month or not (but it just so happens to be). Regina King won her first Academy Award for Actress in a Supporting Role in If Beale Street Could Talk. Not only was it her first win, it…
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Black History Month: Happy Birthday, Toni Morrison and Audre Lorde
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Read More: Black History Month: Happy Birthday, Toni Morrison and Audre LordeToday in Black History Month, we have two very special birthdays to celebrate: Toni Morrison and Audre Lorde. Audre Lorde was a black writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, teacher, and civil rights activist, who described herself as a “lesbian, mother, warrior, poet.” Her poems and prose largely dealt with issues related to civil…
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Black History Month: Langston Hughes
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Read More: Black History Month: Langston HughesBorn in 1902 in Joplin, Missouri, Langston Hughes is known primarily for his jazz poetry during the Harlem Renaissance. Hughes worked to depict the actual lives of African Americans during the 1920s in the United States. “In Hughes’s own words, his poetry is about ‘workers, roustabouts, and singers, and job…
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Black History Month: Stacey Abrams
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Read More: Black History Month: Stacey AbramsA record 127 women are currently serving in Congress, including 47 women of color. There are now 102 women serving in the House — the largest number in U.S. history. Last night another historical moment occurred when Stacy Abrams became the first-ever African American woman to give the formal response…
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Black History Month: Camille Dungy
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Read More: Black History Month: Camille DungyLast year, during Black History Month, Camille Dungy helped us celebrate by sharing a reading list, Ten Essential Black Authors to Read During Black History Month— and Every Month. The year before that, we featured her during Women’s History Month. We’ve also featured her two years in a row during National Poetry…
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Black History Month
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Read More: Black History MonthBlack History Month, or National African American History Month, is an annual celebration of achievements by Black Americans, and is a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in U.S. history. In 2016, former President Barack Obama described it this way, “During National African American History Month, we…
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Black History Month: Jesmyn Ward
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Read More: Black History Month: Jesmyn WardAuthor Jesmyn Ward is making waves with her third novel, Sing, Unburied, Sing, which was just released in 2017. This novel won the National Book Award, making Ward the first woman to win not one, but two National Book Awards in Fiction. Ward was born in 1977 in DeLisle, Mississippi.…
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Black History Month: Essay Collections, a Reading List
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Read More: Black History Month: Essay Collections, a Reading List~from Jill Salahub As we wrap up our celebration of Black History Month, we want to share one more reading list — this time we focus on essay collections. Here are some of our favorites and recommendations. We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates. This is…
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Black History Month: YA Reading List
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Read More: Black History Month: YA Reading List~from Katie Haggstrom Even as college students, it’s still fun to read young adult novels. We’ve found some classic and some new must-read young adult novels, all featuring African American authors. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. This book made the New York Times young adult best seller list.…