Food historian Ozoz Sokoh’s blog, the Kitchen Butterfly, is known for its mouth-watering exploration of global cuisines, from spicy West African jollof rice to Parisian crepes and croissants. Now, reports Mary Bilyeu for the Toledo Blade, Sokoh has expanded her

When Cheryl Willis Hudson started attending school in 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court had just ruled against racial segregation in public schools. In her home community in Virginia, schools were still segregated when Hudson graduated from high school."Living in separate communities

As we continue our deep dive into the lost realm of African literature, we have now arrived at postcolonial literature. If all roads diverged in Chinua Achebe’s 1958 novel “Things Fall Apart,” then the separation of perspectives in Boubacar Boris

Friends, from left, Tomas Harbut, Omar Abdel-Reheem, Sean Ibrahimian and Joseph Dajani display some of the more than 1,000 the collected to send to a new school library in Botswana through an organization they created, the Alliance for African

Black authors urge readers to be interested in African-American experience year round Black History Month typically spurs an interest in books by Black authors, about the African-American experience in the United States. But many Black authors are urging

February 18, 2021 SALISBURY, Md. – A professor at Salisbury University is highlighting the importance of education and recognizing cultural contributions not only during the month of February, but all year long. Dr. James King, who is currently teaching African-American Short Story

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- At only ten years old, child author Makenzie Lee Foster is breaking molds. She wrote her first award winning children's book, Kickin' it with Kenzie - What's Meant For Me Will Be at

]READY TO READ — Samantha Fouty, left, and Gena Kelley, student workers at West Liberty University’s Paul N. Elbin Library, stand near the books available for the African American Read-In. Plans call for video of students and staff reading selections

Press release from AARP: AARP NC Mountain Region, which successfully hosted webinars focused on racial equity and understanding last summer, will continue its social justice efforts in celebration of Black History Month by staging several free virtual events featuring African American

A new book takes a communal look at a history that has long been buried.Keisha N. Blain and Ibram X. Kendi, editors of "Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019." (Courtesy)Book Excerpt: 'Four Hundred Souls'By Ibram X. Kendi