Aug 25, 2025 | Books, Events
On Saturday, September 27, Cleveland’s Great Lakes African American Writers Conference (GLAAWC – pronounced “glossy”) will once again bring together best-selling authors, panelists, and the Northeast Ohio community for a literary event focused on Black writers. This...
Aug 18, 2025 | Age, Books, Civil Rights
In his new book, “Aging While Black: A Radical Reimagining of Aging and Race in America,” Raymond Jetson, a former state lawmaker and health department official from Louisiana, says the United States can’t afford to ignore the problems of older Black Americans. “It’s...
Jul 21, 2025 | Arts + Culture, Books
It all started with an estate sale in 2014, explain Kiyanna Stewart and Jannah Handy in “Blk Mkt Vintage,” their first book (Black Dog and Leventhal; $40). Owners of a beloved Brooklyn store by the same name, the pair attended a sale in Staten Island, where they were...
Jun 23, 2025 | Books, History
It is one of the largest repositories of Black history in the country — and its most devoted supporters say not enough people know about it. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture hoped to change that Saturday, as it celebrated its centennial with a...
Jun 16, 2025 | Books, History
After decades of being celebrated at mostly the local level, Juneteenth – the long-standing holiday that commemorates the arrival of news of emancipation and freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, in 1865 – became a federal holiday in 2021. In honor of...
Jun 2, 2025 | Arts + Culture, Books, Leadership, Media
One of Amarie Gipson’s many gifts is an unyielding desire to ask questions. Having worked at institutions like The Contemporary Austin, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Studio Museum in Harlem, Gipson has cultivated a practice of examining structures and pushing...
