'Annan-Forson spoke about those images more humbly, saying, “I tried to capture moments, but not the regular thing that everybody does, like a handshake.” artnews.com/art-news/artis…

'In 1948, Jean Blackwell Hutson was appointed curator at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, & in 1968, Dr. Barbara Ann Teer founded the National Black Theatre. Yet only now are...the neighborhood’s ...theaters & museums led by Black women' thecut.com/article/women-…

'In..“The New Negro,” Alain Locke wrote “Art must discover & reveal the beauty which prejudice & caricature have obscured & overlaid… All vital art discovers beauty..' The Harlem Renaissance created a lasting impact on communities far beyond...Harlem' metmuseum.org/perspectives/a…

'Cedric Robinson, w/..Corey Dubin..created the “Third World News Review” (TWNR) — a longstanding, community-led radio show on KCSB-FM that provided a counternarrative news source to mainstream media outlets. ...Elizabeth Robinson was TWNR’s co-producer..' news.ucsb.edu/2024/021404/ne…

'Dr. Lisa B. Thompson's production is about taking good care of the changing body...In the show, Black studies prof Beatrice “Bea” Free confronts her past & the parts of herself she wants to ignore as she drafts...“The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body' americantheatre.org/2024/03/18/bla…

Styling Identities: Hair’s tangled history Wadsworth Atheneum.

'...Belle da Costa Greene. Born in 1879, Greene was known for her deft & vivacious commentary, fierce negotiation skills, & a personal life shrouded in secrecy as a White-passing Black woman maneuvering through segregated America' hyperallergic.com/878327/the-ext…

‘Unnamed Figures’ highlights Black people’s presence and absence in early American history recorder.com/Unnamed-Figure… It gives the “broader view of history” in the Valley & the Northeast & pushes back on the idea that slavery & anti-Black racism was/is just a “southern issue.”

'In the decade after the dinner, the writers who were associated with the Renaissance published more than 40 volumes of fiction, nonfiction and poetry. That body of work transformed a community as well as the landscape of American literature.' nytimes.com/2024/03/21/art…

Tonia Hill The TRiiBE BLACKBIIRD For New Books Network 📚, Reighan Gillam interviewed ieva jusionyte on her new book Exit Wounds: How America’s Guns Fuel Violence across the Border from University of California Press:
newbooksnetwork.com/exit-wounds

'A museum is appealing for information about the mysterious sitter, who is rumoured to have stowed away on a ship to Liverpool – possibly to escape slavery in America...' theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

'a young girl named Niyah, who wants to be a scientist and who is figuring out who she is — not just on Earth, but also in the universe. Niyah looks for insight from her grandparents, who explain some of the symbolism of the African artwork in her home' nytimes.com/2024/03/16/sci…

'What they're dealing w/...is the same thing that African American humor dealt w/: That is the inconsistency or the absurdity of the arrangement, as presented, that they're dealing w/ & pointing out those inconsistencies, pointing out the irrationality...' npr.org/2024/03/20/123…

'Cinema was such a perfect realm to think through these ideas of what a Black aesthetic manifestation might look like, b/c it’s a realm where our participation has been spotty. When I studied architecture at Howard, I was interested in the same questions' latimes.com/lifestyle/imag…

It was wonderful to work with Fabio de Sa e Silva 🇧🇷🇺🇸🇺🇳 (program chair), Dr. Rubia Valente, Kristal Bivona and Chris Dunn on the BRASA program. I'm so proud of the program we organized. It was so nice to meet you in person David Mittelman! This BRASA San Diego State University was so special!

How do guns from the United States fuel violence in Mexico? I spoke with ieva jusionyte about Exit Wounds: How America's Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border (@ucpress) for New Books Network 📚 NB Anthropology 📚 Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/exit-wounds #anthrotwitter

'a participação de Raquele no programa ‘Mais Você’ durante a última quarta-feira (20), rendeu a maior audiência do programa no Rio de Janeiro desde 5 de maio de 2021' mundonegro.inf.br/com-participac…

'My ancestry is the history of me, and I’m very interested in that. I always come from the perspective of being a Black woman in America— that’s my story, at all times of my life.' RIP Faith Ringgold interviewmagazine.com/art/faith-ring…

'a young girl named Niyah, who wants to be a scientist & who is figuring out who she is — not just on Earth, but also in the universe. Niyah looks for insight from her grandparents, who explain some of the symbolism of the African artwork in her home.' nytimes.com/2024/03/16/sci…

'But fearing she’d be typecast, King pursued roles that allowed her to stretch & subvert expectations. She auditioned for—& got—the part of Marcee Tidwell, the ride-or-die wife of Cuba Gooding Jr.’s football star Rod Tidwell, in...Jerry Maguire' harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-t…