With words that pulse with vulnerability, sensuality, retrospection, and joy, a gifted collective of Black queer poets are ...

So, you've already read the classics — Langston Hughes, W.E.B. DuBois, Zora Neale Hurston. But what's next? Here are 10 nonfiction books, all published in the past five years, that can help you ...

20 of the Most Essential Books on Black History. ... Black writers have turned to literature as a means of understanding the world around them, from its brutality to its poetry to its joy.

In honor of Black History Month this February, we asked Black leaders to share literary works that helped shape their understanding of Black history. From a poem responding to the 9/11 attack, to ...

Celebrate Black History Month with these ... 11 Best Books for Black History Month. ... along with her siblings’ and mother’s love — it was mom who gave Sinclair her first book of poetry.

Kevin Young, who edited a new anthology of Black poetry, reads Angelina Weld Grimké’s poem “The Black Finger.” Video by PBS NewsHour. No book of poetry from Angelina Weld Grimké was ...

The books range from adult nonfiction and fiction to poetry to works for teens and children. “The ‘Black Is…’ booklist is compiled by Boston Public Library staff from the Central Library ...

But Nikole Hannah-Jones’ bestselling book should be required reading on your Black History Month reading list. The book beautifully weaves together essays, poems and works of fiction that ...

LSU has obtained one of the country's largest collections of African-American poetry, including a book once owned by Frederick Douglass and a collection of works by 1950 Pulitzer Prize winner ...

"Books can do so much. And during Black History Month, I think we owe it to the young people in our lives to introduce them to that free resource: The library," Hayden said. "I'm a little prejudiced." ...

This Black History Month – and all year – make sure your bookshelf reflects the diversity of the world. Or take matters into your own hands and write such a book yourself. For example: George ...