by Rachael Kelly | Feb 15, 2018 | Blog Feature
In 1915, historian Carter G. Woodson and minister Jesse E. Moorland founded the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. After many years of sponsoring a “Negro History Week” during the second week of February, President Gerald Ford...
by Kimberly Holcombe | Feb 13, 2018 | Around Town: Books and Magazine Events in NYC, Opportunities
Irene Smalls | Storybook Reading: Ebony Sea When: February 13, 2018 @ 6–7pm Where: Whole Foods Market, 100 West 125th Street, New York, NY, 10027 To celebrate Black History Month, author Irene Smalls will be hosting a storybook reading of Ebony Sea. Ebony Sea is based...
by Kevin Mercado | Feb 2, 2017 | Around Town: Books and Magazine Events in NYC
The Edge of Everything with author Jeff Giles Thursday, February 2 at 7:00 pm McNally Jackson 52 Prince St., New York, NY In The Edge of Everything from Entertainment Weekly veteran Jeff Giles, it’s been a rough year for seventeen-year-old Zoe. She’s still...
by Brittany Fuller | Feb 8, 2016 | Quote of the Week, Quotes, Uncategorized
In Honor of Black History Month, here are some quotes by famous black authors, poets and philosophers. “But on paper, things can live forever. On paper, a butterfly never dies.” -Brown Girls Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson “Storytelling, you...
