Black literature and social commentary
The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, CUNY, announces open registration for the 2019 National Black Writers Conference—the nation’s premier gathering of students, writers, authors, scholars, and literary icons on the topic of Black literature. The event will take place at Medgar Evers College, CUNY (located at 1650 Bedford Ave., between Crown and Montgomery Streets, in Crown Heights, Brooklyn) on Saturday, March 23, 2019 from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm.
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An Evening with Writers from Harlem Writers Guild Diane Richards, playwright, performer, and producer, serves as Executive Director of the Harlem Writers Guild. Her play, Sowa’s Red Gravy, was produced […]
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Good morning, everyone. March is nearing, so its time to start looking at happenings for Women’s History Month. This Saturday, there will be a Women’s Empowerment Brunch. Among the featured […]
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Greetings, everyone. This has been an odd Black History Month, hasn’t it? In 2019, there seems to be a deliberate lack of understanding as to why Blackface is a bad […]
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