Lennox Raphael
A Life in Art, Activism, and Exile Lennox Alison Raphael (September 4, 1939 – November 27, 2023) was a Trinidadian-born poet, playwright, journalist, painter, and...
Category : The Word – Media
The West Indian Syndrome
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To Be or Not to Be an American Negro by Lennox Raphael Based on available excerpts, citations in scholarly works, and previews, here’s a comprehensive...
The Bell Curve: An Overview and Its Impact
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Published in 1994, The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life by Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray is a controversial book that...
The Negro American Magazine
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A Beacon of Harlem Renaissance Culture The Negro American Magazine, published in San Antonio, Texas, during the 1920s, was a significant yet often overlooked publication...
The Blackman’s Guide to Understanding the Black Woman
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A Controversial Exploration of Relationships The Blackman’s Guide to Understanding the Blackwoman by Shahrazad Ali, first published in 1989 by Civilized Publications, is a provocative...
The Black Jacobins
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C.L.R. James’s The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L’Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution, first published in 1938, stands as a seminal work in the study of...
C. L. R. James
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Cyril Lionel Robert James, known as C. L. R. James, was born on January 4, 1901, in Tunapuna, Trinidad, then a British colony. Growing up...
Sherry Carter
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Sherry Carter is an American television and radio personality, celebrated for her influential role as a host on BET’s Video Soul and Video LP during...
Jennifer Teege
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Jennifer Teege (born June 29, 1970, Munich, Germany) is a German writer, speaker, and Holocaust educator best known for her 2015 New York Times bestselling...
The Book of Negroes
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Lawrence Hill’s The Book of Negroes (published as Someone Knows My Name in some regions) is a powerful and evocative novel that traces the life...