Today I will feature/highlight African American fashion and knitwear designers.
Book 1: Daniel R. May, Dapper Dan Made in Harlem
Book 2: Ruth E. Carter, The Art of Ruth E. Carter
Book 3: Rosemary E. Reed Miller, Threads of Time, The Fabric of History
Book 4: Lisa S. Borum, Timeless Knits for Every Wardrobe
Book 5: Toni Lipsey, The Tunisian Crochet Handbook
Today I will focus on two authors who wrote about American history through the lens of African Americans.
Author 1: Dick Gregory, No More Lies A classic read
Author 2: Michael Harriot, Black AF History, the Un-Whitewashed Story of America
Today I will feature/highlight two award-winning authors who have written books on a variety of topics.
Author 1: Rita Williams-Garcia, author of the One Crazy Summer trilogy. Awesome reads! https://www.ritawg.com/
Author 2: Brandy Colber, author of Little and Lion, Finding Yvonne, and Black Birds in the Sky https://www.brandycolbert.com/
Last Sunday, September 7, was Grandparents’ Day. Let’s celebrate our grandparents all year long!
Book 1: Tea Cakes for Tosh by Kelly Starling Lyons
Book 2: My Nana and Me by Irene Smalls
Book 3: Big Papa and the Time Machine by Daniel Bernstrom
Today is a Sunday. I will feature books on the Black Church.
Book 1: Noted historian, C. Eric Lincoln, his classic book: The Black Church in the African American Experience:
Book 2: Well known theologian and historian, James H. Cone wrote a classic seminal book titled: For My People: Black Theology and the Black Church
Book 3: Noted historian Henry Louis Gates, Jr., wrote another classic book on the black church:
Today will feature historical books.
Book 1: Jarena Lee, first African American woman preacher:
Book 2: William Wells Brown, Clotel or The President’s Daughter
Book 3: Harriet Wilson, Our Nig, or Sketches from the Life of a Free Black
Born on this date in 1865 was Adam Clayton Powell, Sr., religious leader at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, after becoming the pastor in 1908. More information about him:
Black Past Remembered: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/powell-sr-adam-clayton-1865-1953
African American Registry: https://aaregistry.org/story/spiritual-charisma-adam-clayton-powell-sr/
Scholastic: https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/meet-reverend-adam-clayton-powell-sr/
From Ebony Magazine, September 1964 Today, on the fifty-third anniversary of El Hajj Malik Shabazz’s (Malcolm X’s) martyrdom, we re-present Hans Massaquoi’s article in Ebony covering the short period between his departure from the Nation of Islam in March 1964 and his assassination in 1965. Massaquoi followed Malcolm X across Harlem as he built the […]
On February 11, Jarena Lee, the first authorized female preacher in the African Methodist Episcopal church was born.
http://www.blackpast.org/aah/lee-jarena-1783
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3h1638.html
http://www.librarycompany.org/women/portraits_religion/lee.htm
Mary Lovelace O’Neal, artist and professor was born on this day: https://nmwa.org/blog/2017/10/17/spotlight-mary-lovelace-oneal/
http://rehistoricizing.org/mary-lovelace-oneal/
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