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WASHINGTON — Pulitzer Prize-winning author Willa Cather, who brought to life the Great Plains of Nebraska, is now honored with a statue in the U.S. Capitol, becoming the 12th woman represented in the National Statuary Hall Collection. U.S. and Nebraska lawmakers on Wednesday unveiled the bronze figure of the woman who wrote the widely acclaimed […]
WASHINGTON — Pulitzer Prize-winning author Willa Cather, who brought to life the Great Plains of Nebraska, is now honored with a statue in the U.S. Capitol, becoming the 12th woman represented in the National Statuary Hall Collection. U.S. and Nebraska lawmakers on Wednesday unveiled the bronze figure of the woman who wrote the widely acclaimed […]
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of the “Black Swan,” on Monday reacted to a leaked U.S. intelligence report that Vladimir Putin-linked Wagner Group reportedly offered Ukraine to reveal Russian troop positions if Kyiv withdrew its soldiers. What Happened: Taleb, in a Twitter . . .
Share this post or save for later Lawrence scholar and author Maryemma Graham during an upcoming talk will delve into her recent biography, in hopes of giving long-overdue flowers to the Black woman who she said revolutionized education and humanities. Graham, who’s a distinguished professor of English at the University of Kansas and the founding […]
Julia Lee’s book cover for Biting the Hand: Growing up Asian in Black and White America. Henry Holt hide caption toggle caption Henry Holt Julia Lee’s book cover for Biting the Hand: Growing up Asian in Black and White America. Henry Holt Julia Lee once had a mentor who told her, “You must bite the […]
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New York, NY – (February 21, 2023) – Today, BET and NAACP announced that GRAMMY® award-winning musician, critically acclaimed Emmy and Golden Globe®-winning and Academy Award®-nominated actress and producer Queen Latifah will host the “54TH NAACP Image Awards” airing LIVE on Saturday, February 25, at 8:00 PM ET/PT on BET. The LIVE show will also simulcast […]
Dieruff High School students listened to Robert Mayer, author of “In the Name of Emmett Till: How the Children of the Mississippi Freedom Struggle Showed Us Tomorrow” during a presentation Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, at Dieruff High School in Allentown. Mayer visited Dieruff as part of Black History Month for a presentation & conversation with […]
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Author George Johnson on Writing Black, Queer — and Banned — Stories | News & Commentary
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February 19, 2023
Over the past two years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of books being banned or challenged in school districts across the country. The majority of the stories that are being censored contain LGBTQ storylines and protagonists of color, including All Boys Aren’t Blue, a story about growing up Black and queer […]