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Detroit’s 1st Black-Owned Bookstore Wins Major Grant

The space where Detroit’s first Black-owned bookstore lived has received a preservation grant from the National Park Service.
by Brandee Sanders
01.03.22
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Nonprofit Makes Black Literature Accessible To Youth

Arin Gentry, founder of the As Told By Foundation, is using her nonprofit to make Black literature accessible to young…
by Brandee Sanders
01.02.22
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Entrepreneur Aims To Open Orlando’s Only Black-Owned Bookstore

An entrepreneur is working towards opening Orlando’s only Black-owned bookstore.
by NewsOne Staff
03.27.20
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Novel Inspired By BLM Wins Prestigious UK Award

Angie Thomas’ ‘The Hate U Give’ won the Waterstones children’s book prize in London.
by NewsOne Staff
03.24.18
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The Last Survivor Of Transatlantic Slave Trade Told…

A book penned by late literary giant Zora Neale Hurston, titled Barracoon, will be released in 2018.
by NewsOne Staff
12.25.17
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Anacostia Gets First Black Bookstore In 20 Years

Entrepreneurs Derrick and Ramunda Young opened MahoganyBooks; the first Black bookstore in Anacostia in 20 years.
by NewsOne Staff
12.09.17
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How Do We Get Black Youth To Read…

At NewsOne, we believe that the child who reads is the child who leads. In keeping with that idea, we…
by NewsOne Staff
03.15.18
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Prolific Author Walter Dean Myers Dies At 76

Walter Dean Myers, the author of more than 100 young adult and children books, died yesterday. He was 76 years…
by Erica J. Edwards
04.17.21
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Maya Angelou: Timeline for a Phenomenal Woman
by Sheryl Huggins Salomon
05.28.14
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Remembering Legendary Black Author L.A. Banks

Some of you may have heard of author Booker T. Mattison or of his current book, Snitch, a top seller…
by NewsOne Staff
06.19.19
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France Honors Toni Morrison “The Greatest American Novelist…

PARIS (AP) – Toni Morrison is “beloved” in France, the country’s culture minister said Wednesday, as he inducted the celebrated…
by NewsOne Staff
06.19.19
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GOOD NEWS: Students To Perform August Wilson Monologues…

MANHATTAN – The soaring, lyrical monologues of playwright August Wilson have been performed by some of the theatre world’s greatest…
by smokey fontaine
06.19.19
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Langston Hughes African-American Film Festival Under Way

From SeattleTimes.com The Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, running April 17-25, is all over town this year.
by smokey fontaine
06.19.19
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Lucille Clifton, Former Poet Laureate Of Maryland, Dies…

From BaltimoreSun.com: Former state poet laureate Lucille Clifton, a National Book Award winner whose work was lauded for its “moral…
by smokey fontaine
06.19.19
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JUST CURIOUS: Was Every Black Employee Out When…
by NewsOne Staff
06.19.19
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Chinua Achebe Releases First Book In Nearly 20…
by smokey fontaine
06.19.19
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First Black Woman Tipped For French Book Prize
by NewsOne Staff
06.19.19
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New Book Examines Black Women’s Film Stardom
by NewsOne Staff
06.19.19