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Amanda Gorman’s Dutch translator forced to quit because of race—a call for cultural segregation Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, the winner of the International Booker Prize for the debut novel The Discomfort of Evening, has been forced to resign as translator of Amanda Gorman’s poetry into Dutch. Gorman is the young African-American woman who recited a work at Joe Biden’s inauguration January 20, to undeserved media acclaim. Amanda Gorman, Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (Source: Facebook) Rijneveld,...

runs essay contest The nonprofit Camp Pendleton Historical Society is running an essay contest focused on the base’s history open to undergraduate students enrolled at San Diego County colleges and universities. Essays should delve into the history of the land now known as Camp Pendleton. Essays can be up to 5,000 words and will be judged on historical accuracy, historical interest, organization and presentation. The first-place prize is $1,000; second place, $500. A letter of application for...

by Jerome Weeks 15 Feb 2021 6:00 PM Nearly a century in the life of one Black church song — from spiritual to Sam Cooke to Bruce Springsteen. Plus a coded message against oppression. Image: shutterstock.com CTA TBD Image: shutterstock.com The Black church standard, “O Mary Don’t You Weep,” undoubtedly began before the Civil War as a “slave song.” It would have been sung without instruments, possibly at secret church gatherings at a time when Southern slave owners were trying to co...

Lauren Onkey NPR Musics Tiny Desk series will celebrate Black History Month by featuring four weeks of Tiny Desk (home) concerts and playlists by Black artists spanning different genres and generations each week. The lineup includes both emerging and established artists who will be performing a Tiny Desk concert for the first time. This celebration highlights the beautiful cornucopia of Black music and our special way of presenting it. We hope you enjoy. Meshell Ndegeocellos Tiny Desk (home) co...

Luther College pays tribute to James Baldwin during Black History Month Search: January 27, 2021 Luther College has events planned throughout the month of February to encourage everyone to celebrate the work and achievements of people of color during Black History Month. Viewing information and links to attend all of the live, virtual events can be found on Luthers online events calendar at luther.edu/events. This years events feature author and activist James Baldwin. Through film showings, le...

Rep. Shirley Chisholm of New York presents her views in Washington on June 24, 1972, before the panel drafting the platform for the Democratic National Convention. Chisholm is one of the subjects of a special Black History Month episode of NPRs Throughline which airs February 26 on WPSU-FM. Credit James Palmer / Associated Press WPSU-FM will celebrate Black History Month with a series of special programs airing during the month of February, highlighting African American history and culture.  H...

Today, we have an exciting announcement here at Rotoscopers. This Thursday, January 28th, begins the annual Sundance Film Festival, which normally takes place in Park City, Utah. However, this year, the festival is taking place virtually via an online festival. To celebrate the festival, we are interviewing as many of the animators, both for shorts and features, as we possibly can. This year, at the festiva,l there are nine shorts and two features, e.g., one documentary and one dramatic featur...

Racism, Land & The American Farming Landscape Presenters: Lydia Clemmons, President of Clemmons Family Farm, VT Jarrad Nwameme, Moderator: Meghan Howey, Professor in Anthropology, University of New Hampshire  In 1920, there were 949,889 Black farmers. A century later, according to the 2017 Census of Agriculture, only 35,470 remained. This panel will investigate the contributing factors to this enormous land loss including discriminatory practices, such as the denial of USDA loans. and slow ha...

long racial reckoning in America. At the ugly end of a presidency that seemed to embrace white supremacy. And just days after a violent insurrection on Capitol Hill that saw the Confederate battle flag waved in the halls of Congress.  “For me, it makes MLK Day feel like more than just our annual celebration,” says Katherine Kennedy, director of the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground, which is hosting the event. “It’s a true remembrance of what MLK stood for, fought for, died for. ...

Juxtaposing the authors 1963 work with Raoul Pecks I Am Not Your Negro by Abdullah Washington Allan Warren Renowned Civil Rights-era author and thinker James Baldwin stands in front of the Albert Memorial in London, which features prolific 16th century poet and playwright William Shakespeare. James Baldwin, author and intellectual icon of the Civil Rights era, is the subject of "Paperclips #2," an Erie Arts and Culture presentation featuring th...