Introducing Princess Planet “Any parent with a daughter can relate to the trouble of finding children’s content that will provide them with ‘true’ cultural diversity and great values. I started Princess Planet so our daughters […]
Hurston/Wright Foundation Announces 2016 Legacy Awards WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation announced the winners and finalists of the 2016 Legacy Awards and paid tribute to celebrated authors Ernest J. Gaines and Junot […]
Congratulations to Paul Beatty, the first American ever to win the Man Booker Prize. The Sellout, written by Paul Beatty in 2015, “reads like the most concussive monologues and interviews of Chris Rock, Richard Pryor and […]
In Courage to Soar, the official autobiography from US Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, Simone presents the story of how she overcame early childhood challenges to become the most decorated US female gymnast and the only […]
The Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP), a consortium of states working together to provide high-quality summer reading program materials for children, teens, and adults at the lowest cost possible for their public libraries, recently announced […]
This past month President Obama awarded both the National Medals of Art and National Humanities Medal recipients. Since 1984, the National Medal of Arts has recognized “outstanding contributions to the excellence, growth, support, and availability […]
South African Lidudumalingani has won the 2016 Caine Prize for African Writing for his short story ‘Memories We Lost’. Lidudumalingani was presented with the £10,000 prize by chair of judges, Delia Jarret-Macauley, at a ceremony […]
July 7, 2015 Dr. Ashley Robertson’s Book Pays Homage to Bethune’s Social Justice Work MEDIA CONTACT: Damita Chambers, dchambers@bowiestate.edu, 301-832-2628 (mobile) (DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.) – “Ten years ago, I wouldn’t have thought or imagined this,” […]
In this instant New York Times bestseller, Misty Copeland makes history as the only African American soloist dancing with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre. But when she first placed her hands on the barre at an […]
The Zora Neale Hurston / Richard Wright Foundation Calls for Submissions for the 2015 Legacy Awards The Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards are the premier literary awards presented to Black writers by their peers. The Legacy Awards in Fiction, […]
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