Behind the Lines: How Plagiarism Popularized the Harlem Renaissance Adam McKible
The Harlem Renaissance made an early splash with millions of Americans through a blatant act of plagiarism. In March 1925, Alain Locke announced the flourishing of the New Negro in Harlem by guest...
View ArticleBlack Life in a Nazi Internment Camp: The Art of Josef Nassy Sarah Phillips...
In July 1947, an exhibition of artworks created in Nazi concentration and internment camps was mounted in railway cars stationed in Brussels’s Gare du Nord. Included in the exhibition were several...
View Article15 Must-Read Books for Black History Month 2024
This month, we come together to celebrate the achievements of African Americans and to recognize their roles in shaping U.S. history and culture. This year, we invite you on a journey of discovery...
View ArticleBeyond the Famous Few: Five Women Who Shaped Black History and Literature...
One Sunday afternoon in February 1977, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Ntozake Shange, and several other Black women writers met at June Jordan’s Brooklyn apartment to eat gumbo, drink champagne, and talk...
View ArticleQ&A: Najha Zigbi-Johnson on Mapping Malcolm
Mapping Malcolm is a collection of essays, conversations, and works of art that reinscribes Malcolm X’s memory and legacy across the built environment, forms of contemporary community building, and...
View ArticleSandhya Shukla on Cross-Cultural Harlem: Reimagining Race and Place
Cross-Cultural Harlem: Reimagining Race and Place, proposes an understanding of Harlem as a place where peoples of different backgrounds collide, interact, and borrow from each other—and cross the...
View ArticleLucy Diggs Slowe on Black Women, the Role of the University, and Democracy...
Lucy Diggs Slowe (1885–1937) was one of the most remarkable and accomplished figures in Black women’s higher education. Her story is one of resilience, activism, and relentless determination to...
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