Overlooked Black History, in Three New Novels nyti.ms/3QDMyAF

Florida will not allow a new Advanced Placement course on African American studies to be offered in high schools. The state's education department said the course content was "inexplicably contrary to Florida law," but did not cite what was objectionable. nyti.ms/3GSvd2G

I’m overwhelmed with gratitude, SWIM TEAM has won a #CorettaScottKingAward Honor for Illustration! What an incredible journey. Thanks to everyone at HarperCollins, my editor Andrew Arnold, my brilliant colorist Hilary Jenkins and to everyone on the committee American Library Association

We are simply glowing with pride for @AminaLuqman's Newbery AND Coretta Scott King Award-winning FREEWATER! If you have not experienced this gripping story, this is your sign to get reading.

Skeletons, secret powers, buried traumas, generational curses. What these spellbinding new novels reveal about characters’ ancestors changes their future forever! #bookrecommendations #blackauthors #bookstagram #fiction #mystery #history #suspense #book sistersletter.com/culture/family…

Need advice to start a digital project on an American women writer? Thanks to National Endowment for the Humanities funding, the Recovery Hub Recovery Hub for American Women Writers is offering cultivation for selected projects! A year of scholarly & technical support + $2,000 stipend! Learn more & apply at: recoveryhub.siue.edu/cultivation/

ICYMI: An excerpt of a novel-in-progress, "The Estranged Ones" by Jina DuVernay, appears in the current issue of Follow us @kwelijournal.bsky.social. Read it here → kwelijournal.org/fiction/2022/1…

Hey, New Orleans! I'm coming to see you and I can't wait to share Black Candle Women with you all. Hope you can make it to Baldwin & Co. Books & Coffee on 3/3!

I'm thrilled to tell you that my book about the Catholic Church's roots in slavery will be released on 6/13. It emerged from a NYT story I wrote: "272 Slaves Were Sold to Save Georgetown. What Does It Owe Their Descendants?" That story was just the beginning.

On this day in 1846, Alabama began statewide convict leasing, a practice later used to re-enslave emancipated Black people criminalized by unjust laws. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

The routine ads ran in Montgomery and feature racist iconography, degrading descriptions, and past injuries used as identifying characteristics. montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/202…

Pub Day #2! SCHOOL CLOTHES is a history of education written from black students’ perspectives. A collective memoir—or chorus of 19th & 20th century first-person narratives—detailing the distinctive experience of black youth in US schools. I had fun writing this. Check it out!

****DEFINITELY A MUST READ****👇🏾 Thank you Jarvis R. Givens 🙌🏾🤩

Last year my family and I took a trip to Equal Justice Initiative Legacy Musuem in Montgomery. What started out as an ordinary day became an unforgettable story of loss, nostalgia, and deep love. Here’s my latest with ⁦The Washington Post⁩ on what happened that day. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

Katrina Parrott invented skin tone emojis in 2013, but she's still fighting for a patent after multiple rejections. bit.ly/3XXfKon

The head of the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education was forced to resign after state officials found the department was distributing teacher training materials that included so-called “woke concepts.” 🧵 al.com/educationlab/2…

New Feature Alert. Interview with @prshakur by Jina DuVernay. "How do men humanize themselves without hurrying past the things that have harmed or altered us?" #blackpolitics #blackmasculinity #blackmentalhealth #blackmemoir #library #wocandlib wocandlib.org/features/2023/…

Have a hot girl summer in between the covers … of these books. sistersletter.com/culture-style/…

We have an exciting schedule of #ptwmasterclasses coming up for the fall featuring @KimoleeEryn @gabbyhickmon and Jina DuVernay. Learn more and register here: permissiontowrite.com/masterclasses.

In this month’s partner issue, we feature: *@NaylorArchive, a physical and digital space making the works of Gloria Naylor available, directed by Suzanne Edwards and Mary Foltz, and reviewed by Jina DuVernay and Seretha Williams #ReviewsInDH reviewsindh.pubpub.org/pub/gloria-nay…