Literature
The body of written or spoken works that use language artistically to express ideas, emotions, stories, and cultural values across time and place.
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September 25 … bell hooks was an influential author, cultural critic, educator, and social activist whose writings on race, gender,…
September 30 … Ta-Nehisi Coates is a prominent writer, journalist, and cultural critic whose insightful explorations of race, identity, and…
October … The Organization of Women Writers of Africa (OWWA) is a transnational cultural network created to promote, preserve, and…
October 7 … Amiri Baraka was a prolific American writer, poet, playwright, and political activist whose work reshaped 20th-century Black…
October 12 … Dick Gregory was a groundbreaking comedian, writer, and civil rights activist whose fearless use of humor to…
October 15 … Wes Moore is an American political leader, veteran, author, entrepreneur, and social justice advocate whose multifaceted career…
October 17 … Jupiter Hammon was one of the first African American writers to publish in colonial America, using his…
October 18 … Ntozake Shange was a groundbreaking American poet, playwright, and novelist whose work reshaped the landscape of American…
October 23 … Michael Eric Dyson is a prominent scholar, author, preacher, and public intellectual whose writings and public work…
October 28 … James W.C. Pennington was a pioneering African American minister, abolitionist, and writer whose life embodied the struggle…