Category: books

Jimi Hendrix: Purple Haze shows Jimi Hendrix as a space hero.

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October 3, 2024

‘Jimi Hendrix: Purple Haze’ Reimagines The Universe As A Psychedelic Black Landscape

The Swans of Harlem and author Karen Valby (photos courtesy of Penguin Random House)

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February 26, 2024

Karen Valby Gives Black Ballet Pioneers ‘The Swans Of Harlem’ Their Flowers In New Book

Mother Viola Fletcher and Uncle Redd (with Mother Fletcher's grandson Ike) at The Breakfast Club. (Photo credit: BET/YouTube screencap)

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July 7, 2023

Mother Viola Fletcher and Uncle Redd, Survivors of the Tulsa Black Wall Street Massacre, Promote New Book ‘Don’t Let Them Bury My Story’

enguin Young Readers features three titles that tell the importance of this holiday and dive into conversations about race, resistance, resilience, and victory over racism.

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June 6, 2023

Celebrate Juneteenth With Three Books From Penguin Young Readers

Illustration featuring sealed envelopes and one open one that reads "HAMU: Hogwarts Agricultural and Magical University." The headline reads: The HAMU Controversy

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March 3, 2023

Turning ‘Hogwarts Legacy’ Into An HBCU Should Be Fun. Here’s Why It’s Not.

Kazuki Takahashi opposite his creation, Yu-Gi-Oh! (Photo credit: Peter Endig/EPA/Shutterstock, Associated Press)

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July 11, 2022

‘Yu-Gi-Oh!’ Creator Kazuki Takahashi Dies In Apparent Snorkeling Accident

The Lumberjanes

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June 24, 2022

Youth-Oriented Comics With LGBTQ+ Positive Characters Are Busting Binaries

"Torchy Brown" creator Jackie Ormes is the subject of the most recent Google Doodle.

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September 1, 2020

Why You Need To Know Jackie Ormes, The First Black Cartoonist

Madam C.J. Walker, Octavia Spencer, The Book of Awesome Black Americans

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March 31, 2020

Love ‘Self-Made’? Dive Into The Real, Extraordinary Life Of Madam C.J. Walker

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February 20, 2020

Inside Science Fiction’s Compassionate Revolution