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Blog Archive

Thu, 24.07.2025

Emily Meggett, Geechee-Gullah Chef born.

*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 […]

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Mon, 21.07.2025

Writing Career Advice, Dr. Carolyn Holbrook

Dr. Carolyn Holbrook is an author, professor, and literature advocate. In this segment, she shares advice and structure to aspiring writers.

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Wed, 25.06.2025

Career Advice, Library. Science, Museum Collections, Pearl McClintock

Pearl McClintock is a collections assistant and curator. In this segment, she shares library science career advice.

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Thu, 19.06.2025

My Treasured Career Moments in Writing, Stephanie Chrismon

Stephanie Chrismon is a speaker, writer, Afrofuturist, and educator. In this segment, they share career highlights and inspiration that make up their writing career.

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Wed, 09.04.2025

My Advice on a Print or Media Journalism Career, Rekhet Si-Asar

Rekhet 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.

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Fri, 28.03.2025

Ytasha L. Womack, Writer, and Filmmaker born

*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 […]

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Tue, 04.03.2025

The Book, Who Speaks for the Negro? is published

*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 […]

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Thu, 06.02.2025

Una Marson, Feminist, writer and Publisher born.

*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 […]

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Thu, 26.12.2024

Florence Curtis, Librarian born.

*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 […]

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Tue, 24.12.2024

Virginia Lacy Jones, Librarian and Administrator born.

*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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New Poem Each Day

Poetry Corner

Deify the room/ space/drive…mass control into love… get medium/brake into high/find mellow/perch there/drift…find her/move/stop… Impress the air cool with love turning over every tremor to find new note/new time to woo... JAZZ by Kenneth A. McClane.
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