*Emily Meggett was born on this date in 1932. She was a Black Geechee-Gullah community leader, chef, and author. Emily Meggett was born in Edisto Island, South Carolina. She grew up with Gullah culture, a set of food, rituals, and language that took root when West and Central Africans were brought to the Southern United […]
learn moreDr. Carolyn Holbrook is an author, professor, and literature advocate. In this segment, she shares advice and structure to aspiring writers.
learn morePearl McClintock is a collections assistant and curator. In this segment, she shares library science career advice.
learn moreStephanie Chrismon is a speaker, writer, Afrofuturist, and educator. In this segment, they share career highlights and inspiration that make up their writing career.
learn moreRekhet Si-Asar is a publisher, educator, writer, and activist. In this segment, she advises youth who wish to become print or media journalists or publishers.
learn more*Ytasha L. Womack’s birth is celebrated on January 22, 1965. She is a Black writer, filmmaker, and cultural critic. Womack was born and raised in Chicago. After graduating from Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, Womack attended Clark Atlanta University, where she received a bachelor’s in mass media arts. Womack continued her education at Columbia […]
learn more*Who Speaks for the Negro? It was published on this date in 1965. This is a book of interviews by Robert Penn Warren conducted with 20th-century American Civil Rights Movement activists. In preparation for the book, Warren traveled throughout the United States in early 1964 and spoke with many men and women who were involved […]
learn more*Una Marson was born on this date in 1905. She was an Afro Caribbean feminist, activist, and writer who produced poems, plays, and radio programs. Una Maud Victoria Marson was born in Sharon village, near Santa Cruz, Jamaica. She was the youngest of six children of Solomon Isaac Marson and Ada Wilhelmina Mullins. She had […]
learn more*Florence Curtis was born on September 30, 1873. She was a white-American library educator and teacher. Florence Rising Curtis was born in Ogdensburg, New York. Her father was General Newton Martin Curtis, and her mother was Emeline Clark Curtis. She attended Wells College from 1891 to 1894 and, in 1898, received a diploma from the […]
learn more*Virginia Lacy Jones was born on this date in 1912. She was a Black librarian and administrator. Virginia Lacy was born to Edward and Ellen Lacy in Cincinnati, Ohio. She spent much of her childhood in Clarksburg, West Virginia, in a family that was “poor, hardworking, proud, and ambitious.” Books and reading were always a […]
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