If you are a college senior interested in pursuing a PhD in African American, African or African Diasporan Studies, consider applying to the Schomburg-Mellon Humanities Summer Institute. The deadline is March 15, 2021. https://t.co/tM8EmjzeE1 #SchomburgCenter
We welcome back author and STL native @jabariasim who will discuss his new book of poetry, STOP AND FRISK: AMERICAN POEMS, on Facebook Live at 7pm CDT on August 18. https://t.co/SZgp6qr1aZ
If you missed THE MOUNTAINTOP it's now available for another week! Set during the height of America’s Civil Rights Movement @KatoriHall's powerful & important play will continued to be streamed free via our YouTube channel until 22 June. Watch here >> https://t.co/Zms64rPPY2
Five jobs I’ve had.
1. Librarian’s assistant: 1986
2. Cashier at Rickel’s Lumber: 1989
3. Substitute teacher: 1995
4. High School History teacher: 1996
5. Writer since: 1998
Everyone's talking about impeachment and Clinton & Johnson as the only presidents ever impeached. But most people don't know WHY Johnson was impeached.
So let me tell you the story about how not impeaching a racist president is a BIG reason why white supremacy lingers in America
We are profoundly sad to report that Toni Morrison has died at the age of eighty-eight.
“We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.”
February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019