In a nostalgic collection of sixteen essays, Ira Madison III combines memoir and criticism to offer insights on his ...

Our favorite books by Black authors Growing up as a young Black girl in the South, I saw positive representations of Black ...

The real ‘obscenity’ of Censori’s red-carpet nudity at the Grammy Awards Sunday might be the ‘power dynamics’ — West fully dressed versus her ...

Beyoncé, the most awarded and nominated artist in Grammys history, finally won album of the year for her ...

The Boston Public Library's "Black Is..." annual booklist includes “The Message,” a nonfiction essay book and travelogue by activist-writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, memoirs by Whoopi Goldberg and RuPaul, and ...

Black History Month started as "Negro History Week" in February 1926 as a way to chronicle the accomplishments of African ...

Many authors say that penning a great short story is harder than writing an entire novel. These are the best short stories to ...

Schools, museums and communities across the nation are marking Black History Month — a celebration of Black history, culture ...

If Darolyn Brown was a poem, the words flowing across the page would tell the story of a young girl who grew up reading ...

Queens Public Library (QPL) is inviting the public to celebrate Black History Month with an exciting lineup of over 70 events ...

The new Pauli Murray Center in Durham, North Carolina, preserves the legacy of a gender-nonconforming giant of the civil ...

The new National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature is a prolific, best-selling author of children’s books who hopes to use his 2-year term to promote the wonders of picture stories.