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A look at the failed, racially charged takedown of dealer-activist Amar Singh.

<strong>The long read</strong>: As the author of a book about a pivotal uprising in 18th-century Jamaica, Vincent Brown was enlisted in a campaign to make its leader a national hero. But when he arrived in Jamaica, he started to wonder what he had got himself into

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Letras Latinas Blog 2 (LLB2) interviews Éric Morales-Franceschini, centering on his new poetry collection, Syndrome.  [Also see previous post New Book: “Syndrome”.] What living poet/writer had the biggest influence on your book?  If I had to pick only one, it’d have to be Craig Santos Perez, which is to say, his from unincorporated territory series;…

A new exhibition of black figurative art gets to the truth behind race, history and the world we live in now.

When Dr. Harcourt Fuller found a wallet with banknotes — including one with the image of Marcus Garvey — underneath a house in Kingston, Jamaica, when he was just nine years old, little did he know that it would lead to him becoming the founder and...

Ernest Crim III is your instructor for this 29-lesson course as CBS 2 celebrates Black History Month.

Ernest Crim III is your instructor for this 29-lesson course as CBS 2 celebrates Black History Month.

[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Tobi Thomas (The Guardian) writes, “Without reviews, her commissions dried up. But her talent and tenacity led her to become the first woman in Europe to compose and conduct a symphony in four decades.” Wherever Shirley Thompson goes, she always makes sure she…

Without reviews, her commissions dried up. But her talent and tenacity led her to become the first woman in Europe to compose and conduct a symphony in four decades