Posts tagged Maya Angelou
Joy Out of Fire Exhibit Celebrates Maya Angelou, Women of Color and Empowerment
Joy Out of Fire Exhibit Celebrates Maya Angelou, Women of Color and Empowerment

Maya Angelou, Josephine Baker and Lorraine Hansberry are just a few of the women of color featured in Firelei Baez’s “Joy Out of Fire” exhibit saluting Afro-Caribbean / Afro-Latina women at the Schomburg Center in Harlem. The exhibit was created by Baez and a partnership with the Studio Museum Harlem organized by Hallie Ringle, Assistant Curator.

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Essays and ReviewsMonica LinkSteve Cannon, Monica Link, Joy out of fire, Maya Angelou
A Review of Michael Simanga's "No One Can Be at Peace Unless They Have Freedom"
A Review of Michael Simanga's "No One Can Be at Peace Unless They Have Freedom"

In the spirit of Marvin Gaye, one of several artists honored in No One Can Be at Peace Unless They Have Freedom, this volume is Michael Simanga’s What’s Going On book. It is an urgent and majestic mix of inner-city-blues-what’s-going-on-save-the-children--mercy-mercy-me-right-on-wholy-holy sensibilities remastered for our times.

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Essays and ReviewsKeith GilyardKeith Gilyard, Raymond Keith Gilyard, Steve Cannon, a gathering of the tribes, Michael Simanga, No One Can Be at Peace Unless They Have Freedom: Essays, Poems, Thoughts, Lessons, Marvin Gaye, New York Book Reviews, New York Writers, Remembrance: A Promise to Our Ancestors, Political Journalism, Notes on Standing Rock and Standing Together, Notes on Human Rights, Notes on Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ, Visiting Ron Milner, Reverend Gerard Jean-Juste, Chokwe Lumumba, Amiri Baraka, Maya Angelou, Prince