@AfricanKhaIeesi@venustrine so I think this will be fun to do (I have to tag y'all to get beta access lol)
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Todayโs book highlight is History of the Black Dollar by Angel Rich, which describes the real history of the Black economy within the US and its impact on Black entrepreneurship. You can look forward to reading with others and discussing the book on our app!
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Check out our founder, Leslie Winston, who visited Birmingham, AL for the @BronzeValley_ Pitch Night! We super are excited for the future of Monocle and canโt wait for y'all to see what we've been working on. Be sure to sign-up for the beta on our website https://t.co/OfaAZC9kHy
๐Founder Spotlight ๐
@readonmonocle, a collaborative e-reader designed to organically connect the global community of readers through shared perspectives, recently graduated from the Bronze Valley Spring 2022 cohort.
Freedomโs Journal sought not only to advocate for the abolition of slavery, but also to serve the local New York community and combat negative depictions of African Americans in the New York press. It was a model for other African American and abolitionist newspapers to come.
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison is a milestone in African-American literature. It is a must-read that captures its audience with a social commentary that peels back the curtain on being Black in America.
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Alice Walker is an American novelist, short story writer, poet and social activist. In 1982, she became the first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which she was awarded for her novel, The Color Purple.
#BlackHistoryMonth#day19of28
Granville Tailer Woods was an inventor who held more than 50 patents in the U.S. Self-taught, he concentrated most of his work on trains and streetcars. His work assured a safer and better public transportation system for the cities of the United States.
Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation's history and current crisis. It is written as a letter to the author's teenage son about the feelings, symbolism, and realities associated with being Black in the United States.