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Using a variety of poetic forms, from haiku to free verse, Watson
shares recollections of her childhood in Portland. These odes to Black
women of all ages are brilliantly illustrated by celebrated fine artist Ekua
Holmes .
Black Girl You Are Atlas is Watson's ...
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In the still-segregated town of West Mills, North Carolina, in 1976,
Marian, Marva, and Lazarus Harmon-three enigmatic siblings-are found shot to
death in their home. The people of West Mills- on both sides of the canal
that serves as the town's color line-are in a ...
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In the 1920s, there were over one million black farmers; today there are
just 45,000. "We Are Each Other's Harvest" explores this crisis, through
the farmers’ personal experiences. In their own words, middle aged and
elderly black farmers explain why they continue to f...
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Hear six of our favorite book people describe their favorites this
year. This should ease your gift-giving now and throughout 2024.
Our guests are:
...Celeste Carey, KBOO's "An Evening of Afrotainment"
...FeLicia Elam, St John's Neighborhood Library
...Patrick For...
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When Platt set out on her journey to live with less, she never
intended to become "The Afrominimalist". She just wanted to tame the chaos in
her closet! But after struggling with the austerity and whiteness of
mainstream minimalism, Christine realized why minimalism...
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We're featuring portions of
....a 2003 interview with internationally-recognized novelist Ernest J.
Gaines regarding A Lesson Before Dying.
.... a 2008 chat with then-newcomer Felicia Pride about her collection of
essays The Message: 100 Life Lessons from Hip-Hop’s Great...
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Illmatic Consequences was influenced by rapper Nas’s 1994 debut
album Illmatic,” which features internal rhymes and inner-city narratives
based on Nas’s personal experiences. “Nas’s 1994 album ‘Illmatic’
is fundamentally a statement of self-worth. It’s not even just a...
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Portland is widely regarded as a liberal bastion, and yet the 2010 census
found it to be “America’s whitest major city.” Longstanding racial
tensions led to the formation of a local branch of the Black Panther Party
in the late 1960s. Based in the city’s Albina Dist...
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Last month we interviewed Kelly McWilliams, author of
Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay. She credited her mother's example as
a great influence on her writing. We interviewed her mother, author
Jewell Parker Rhodes, 15 years ago, so we're delighted to rebroadcast our
2...
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