Did You Know Professor and Scholar, Dr. Cornel West, Was Born on This Day?
This Day In History: June 2nd Scholar, author and professor are just a few of the titles Dr.…
Did You Know Author and Physician, Rudolph Fisher, Was Born on This Day?
This Day In History: May 9th Writer, orator and physician were just some of the titles held by…
Acclaimed Author, bell hooks, Has Passed Away
Acclaimed author and social activist, bell hooks, has died. She was 69. The author and activist had been…
Tsitsi Dangarembga: A Writer for the People
Born in 1959 in Mutoko, Rhodesia (now known as Zimbabwe) with two school teachers for parents; writer, and filmmaker…
This Day in History: ‘Roots’ Author Alex Haley Was Born
Author Alex Haley Was Born With works such as Roots and The Autobiography of Malcolm X, journalist and…
Did You Know Author and Abolitionist, Olaudah Equiano, Died on This Day?
This Day In History: March 31st Imagine being a young pre-teenaged child that is ripped away from your…
Bestselling Author Eric Jerome Dickey Dies at 59
Bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey has died after battling a longtime illness. He was 59. Dickey penned a…