'Brother, I'm Dying'
Edwidge Danticat's book tells, in a painfully personal way, the blood- and tear-laced story of the U.S. relationship with Haiti. (read)
Brenda Greene of Medgar Evers College and Fred Beauford have edited a new book that is gaining quite a bit of attention, "Meditations and Ascensions: Black Writers on Writing."
Quincy Street was named after Josiah Quincy III (born in Boston, Massachusets on February 4, 1772; died July 1, 1864), who was an educator and political figure.
He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1805-1813), Mayor of Boston (1823-1828), and President of Harvard University (1829-1845).
He was a member of Boston’s upper class, and he and his family owned slaves.
Brooklyn Ron Writes of Growing Up in Bed-Stuy
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Washington Square Bark and Its Dogs
Gentrification of Fort Greene
Spike says Brooklyn, not Harlem, is the capital of Black America (read)
