One book that echoes the themes explored in Langston Hughes's poetry is The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois. This ...
Twenty students from Spokane-area schools will be showcasing their art in the annual Black Voices Symposium event on Monday, ...
In 2013, the widely acclaimed artist Carrie Mae Weems — a charismatic artist, activist and educator, known for installations, videos and photographs that invite the viewer to reflect on issues of race ...
Victoria Christopher Murray's new historical novel, "Harlem Rhapsody," is a love letter to Harlem in the early 1920s and to ...
Victoria Christopher, co-author of "The Personal Librarian," turns to Langston Hughes and other lights of the Harlem ...
Du Bois Research Institute at the Hutchins Center ... He is best known for his innovative poetry, which often mimicked the form of jazz music to faithfully portray the working-class Black experience.
The restored Michigan Street Baptist Church symbolizes resilience, equality, and history. A crucial Underground Railroad stop ...
From airing out the scandalous marriage between Coulee Cullen and Yolande Du Bois, W.E.B. Du Bois’s daughter ... illustrations by Charly Palmer, and poetry, “Flamboyants” unravels Black ...
The line-up this year was heavy with stories of stifled desire, of anger against subjugation, and of resilience in the face ...
Porshia Zimiga appears in East of Wall by Kate Beecroft, an official selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.