On May 25, 2020, while handcuffed and lying down with a knee to his neck by a white Minneapolis police officer, George Floyd whispered, “I Can’t Breathe.” Minutes later, he took his last breath. A seventeen-year-old bystander recorded the incident and released the video on social media. Within seconds, the world would see another Black […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A picture book edition of Ibram X. Kendi’s “Antiracist Baby,” one of the country’s top-selling books since the death last month of George Floyd, is coming out July 14. “Antiracist Baby” went on sale this week as a board book and has been part of a wave of works about race […]
Recently, HBO won an auction where 17 bidders competed for the rights to adapt Brit Bennett’s praised novel The Vanishing Half. With the seven-figure deal, HBO will create a limited television series out of the novel, Deadline reports. Receiving acclaim from critics, The Vanishing Half has been compared to Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, with […]
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow is working on a book he had not planned to write. “The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto” will be published in February, Harper announced Wednesday. Blow will combine political history and personal reflections for a “race book” he felt compelled to take […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges has written a children’s book with a candid telling of the past and positive message for the future, inspired by the Black Lives Matter protests. Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, announced Friday that Bridges’ “This Is Your Time” will come out Nov. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — More than a dozen “60 Minutes” interviews with former President Barack Obama, beginning when he was a U.S. Senator, have been compiled into an audio release. Simon & Schuster Audio announced Thursday that “Barack Obama: The 60 Minutes Interviews” will come out Oct. 13. The audiobook features CBS News journalist Steve […]
The sensational young adult novel Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender will receive its own television series through Amazon Studios and Field Trip Productions. Published in May of this year by HarperCollins, Felix Ever After tells the story of Felix Love, a transgender teen dealing with identity, self-discovery, and the complexities of falling in love. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Misty Copeland has long told the story of the childhood ballet teacher who recognized her talent and took the young dancer, then 13, from the cramped motel room she was living in to stay in her own house for three years, so she could continue her training. Now “Miss Bradley” — […]
The African literary culture magazine Brittle Paper will be publishing a collection of Africanfuturism stories as part of their Decade Project which celebrates the company’s 10 year anniversary. Africanfuturism was birthed by Nigerian-American author Nnedi Okorafor, and relates to science fiction that is rooted in the African world as opposed to Western society. This special […]
Acclaimed author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has released her first work of fiction since her 2013 novel Americanah. The short story, titled Zikora, is part of Amazon Original Stories, meaning that Prime members and Kindle Unlimited subscribers can download it free of charge. The story follows Zikora, a Nigerian woman living in Washington D.C., who falls […]