#Langston

Philip Thai

philip_thai

1/ There are many great threads and essays commemorating the 75th anniversary of the #Hiroshima and #Nagasaki atomic bombings this week. Here are a few I found interesting— 2/ @chxdxehl

Dr. Maurie McInnis

SBUPrez

As an art historian whose scholarship focuses on race, power and the American South, I'd like to honor Black History Month by highlighting African American artists and their art. One

Black Women Radicals

blkwomenradical

#OTDIH Lorraine Hansberry passed away (May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965). A playwright, author & activist, she was the first Black woman author to have a play performed on

Mónica A. Jiménez

Malexjimenez02

As an undergrad at Yale, I was seduced by the collection of incunabula and velum wrapped books on display in the glass enclosed stacks @BeineckeLibrary. I wanted very badly to

jules 🍂🌞

K4THERINEPIERCE

some "anne with an e" characters as poems: a thread (this is my creative contribution to day 5 of #AWAEAdvent – hope you enjoy! )#renewannewithane anne shirley-cuthbert: "trees" by joyce

Bukit Mediteranian

tigercamouflag

Sastra jangan berkecil hati, nanti kalian juga bakal nemuin hal2 keren dari novel atau cerita2 dari pengarang hebat kyk Scott Fitzgerald, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Frost, Kate Chopin,

Danté Stewart (Stew)

stewartdantec

People often say that we are too critical of America. In their mind, this country has made so much progress. “Didn’t we give you a Black President?” they ask. “You

Dr. Karla J. Strand

karlajstrand

Attending @BC_ALA @ALALibrary's event about #librarian and Civil Rights activist EJ Josey. Get here! #BCALAKeepOnPushing @MstrNclusionist @rchancell ALA founded in 1876 on principles of equity but many challenges re: racism,

Chris In The Morning

OnKBHR

Hola, Cicely. This is Chris in the Morning, now in the afternoon, on KBHR, 57 AM. It's the day before the biggest election this country may have seen in a

Erica Buddington ✨

ericabuddington

On this day, in Black history, Fisk Free Colored School (now Fisk Univ.) opened its doors in 1866–six months after the end of the Civil War. It’s the oldest higher

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

1998's Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act extended US copyrights by 20 years to life-plus-70 for human authors and 95 years total for corporate authors. The extension was retrospective, so

Intellectual Duck Web

pixelkitties

Historian Carter G. Woodson lobbied schools and organizations to participate in a special program encouraging the study of African-American history. The program began in February 1926 with Negro History Week.

Anne Louise Avery

AnneLouiseAvery

"During World War I there was a great migration north by southern African Americans."#1, Great Migration Series, 1941Jacob LawrenceMOMA Langston HughesOne-Way TicketI pick up my lifeAnd take it with meAnd

Jamie Paisley

JamiePaisley

Happy Birthday Joseph Boulogne, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, born Christmas Day, 1745 on the island of Guadeloupe, in the south Caribbean. He was the son of a plantation owner, whose

Zach Weinersmith

ZachWeiner

So, there’s a post going viral about how “the canon” can’t be that great because we have to force kids to read it. I broke my own “no Internet fighting”

Rebecca Renner 🌈

RebeccaRennerFL

I used to be a high school English teacher and curriculum developer. I'm going to try to offer a little nuance to this conversation about teaching classics.When used well, classics

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