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NewsYoung Gifted Local Poets To Grace The Stage At September’s Anisfield-Wolf Ceremony
One highlight of the annual Anisfield-Wolf awards ceremony is listening as a gifted local student reads aloud a poem of…
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NewsFacebook Profile Photos Turn Black In Anticipation Of George Zimmerman Verdict
As the George Zimmerman trial draws to a close, the simmer of daily conversation on social media has heated to a…
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News“Staring In The Mirror”: Prejudice, Biases and Fighting Human Nature
by Sally Wiener Grotta A recent Anisfield-Wolf blog post asked, “What Biases Are You Carrying?” In the blog, Attorney Louise…
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News“Twenty Feet From Stardom”: Powerful Voices Cement Background Singers’ Place In History
The gorgeous new documentary, “Twenty Feet from Stardom,” delivers several jolts of insight, including this small one: Women who can…
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NewsRevisiting The Voting Rights Act: Could You Pass A 1960s Literacy Test?
When the Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act last month, Chief Justice John Roberts…
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Why Do Black Babies Cost Less To Adopt?
When we first toured my daughter’s private school, I saw a little African-American girl toddling around. She was adorable with…
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Test Yourself: What Biases Are You Carrying?
Lawyer Louise P. Dempsey punctuated her recent lunch-hour talk by passing out sheets of paper with a single riddle: “A…
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NewsWhat HBCUs Need To Survive
by Chris Stevens As a proud product of a Historically Black University (Delaware State, Class of 2007), I’ve watched with…
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NewsREVIEW: Sonia Sotomayor Bares Her Soul In “My Beloved World”
One of my close friends, Shanelle Smith, shoved a thick book in my hands as we met for lunch. “You…
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NewsSpanish-Language Books Finding A Tough Road To Bookshelves
On July 2, Atria Books will publish eight versions of a new autobiography, “Unbreakable: My Story, My Way,” by Jenni…
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NewsNatasha Trethewey’s Bringing Poetry To The Masses
A 2009 National Endowment for the Arts study found that only 8 percent of adults read any poetry in the…
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News“Can I Touch Your Hair?” NYC Exhibit Lets Passerby Explore Black Women’s Tresses
As an African-American woman, I’ve had strangers grab and rake their fingers through my hair (without my permission) on more…
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NewsCongressman John Lewis Publishes Graphic Novel Of Civil Rights Movement
“Some of you may be asking: ‘Hey, John Lewis, why are you trying to write a comic book?’” said the…
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NewsLorraine Hansberry Biopic In Development
Films on Princess Diana, Steve Jobs, and Jimi Hendrix should make 2013 a rich year for biopics. An intriguing new…
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NewsREVIEW: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Soars With “Americanah”
Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Knopf, 477 pp., $26.95 Hair asserts itself on the first page of “Americanah,” a knowing, prickly…
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News“Nollywood” Brings Adaptation of Adichie’s “Half of a Yellow Sun”
If you can’t find the art you want, make it yourself. That was famously the mindset of Jay-Z, when the…
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NewsRita Dove’s 2013 Emory University Commencement Address
Pulitzer Prize-winner and former Poet Laureate of the United States, Rita Dove delivered the 2013 commencement address to the graduates of…
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NewsRare Slave Cabin To Become Crown Jewel Of New African American History Museum
Where can one find Nat Turner’s Bible, Emmet Till’s coffin and Harriet Tubman’s shawl? Answer: the Smithsonian National Museum of…
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News“Geography Of Hate” Map Shows Where Most Hateful Tweeters Lurk
Students at Humboldt State University in northern California analyzed more than 11 months of Twitter data to locate the biggest…
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NewsNew PBS Series Spans 500 Years Of African-American History
Anisfield-Wolf jury chair Henry Louise Gates Jr. has been busy the past few months, filming episodes of his new PBS…