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A celebration of Black beauty

From befriending the last African enslaved in America to meeting with zombies in Haiti, the folklorist, anthropologist and Harlem Renaissance writer – who has a novel posthumously published today – was a sensitive chronicler of other people’s lives

Intricate, academic explorations of lives and careers past

Zora Neale Hurston’s hometown of Eatonville, Florida, was one of the first all-black municipalities incorporated in the U.S.

A new exhibit highlights the icons who have shaped the New York film-maker’s unique style

Florida governor’s constant attacks on the education system have led to an increasing backlash from a wide range of people

A simple cloth sack brings to life generations of enslaved women and reminds us of the enduring power of love

You can read the PDF here and the text here; here are the opening sections: Writers may have their noms de plume; revolutionaries may have noms de guerre. Here, though, we will speak of (to coin a phrase) the noms de litige, and ask: When pseudonymous litigation is allowed, what…

The lives of female authors provide inspiration for a woman who finds herself starting over after divorce