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The authors’ characters stick with them: Guillory wonders what her protagonist, written to live in her neighborhood, would think of the new pizza shop. And Woodson warns, “Don’t kill a character off. They will haunt you forever.”

‘We Have a Right to Speak.’ Watch Brit Bennett, Jasmine Guillory and Jacqueline Woodson Discuss the Shift of Power Toward Black Women Writers

Following a year filled with anti-racist reading lists and proclamations to...

Following a year filled with anti-racist reading lists and proclamations to "listen to Black women," novelists Brit Bennett, Jasmine Guillory and Jacqueline Woodson reflected on what what it means to be a Black writer today...

‘We Know Our Stories Matter.’ Brit Bennett, Jasmine Guillory and Jacqueline Woodson Discuss the Importance of Fiction

Black women have been honoring and lifting our voices, sharing our strength...

Black women have been honoring and lifting our voices, sharing our strengths, broadening our revolutionary scope since we got here. We tell stories that come through our hair and our hips, our shoulders and our...

Awol Erizku's portrait of Gorman is an “indirect nod” to Maya Angelou. “It needed a layer of depth that only poetry can explain,” he says. “I was interested in allowing her to own the space that she’s in right now.”

‘Unity With Purpose.’ Amanda Gorman and Michelle Obama Discuss Art, Identity and Optimism

Amanda Gorman captivated the world when she read her poem “The Hill We Clim...

Amanda Gorman captivated the world when she read her poem “The Hill We Climb” at President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ Jan. 20 Inauguration ceremony. Sitting just feet away from the 22-year-old that day...

The 25 Defining Works of the Black Renaissance

From blockbuster hit 'Black Panther' to Beyoncé's album 'Lemonade,' here ar...

From blockbuster hit 'Black Panther' to Beyoncé's album 'Lemonade,' here are 25 works that defined the Black Renaissance

More than a quarter-century after the Black Panthers were portrayed in Forrest Gump as gun-toting ideologues, a new film, Judas and the Black Messiah, seeks to delve into their humanity and community-based activism. Daniel Kaluuya, at lectern, says researching the role of Fred Hampton for the film “taught me about me.”

Hollywood So Often Gets Black History Wrong. Black Filmmakers Are Setting the Record Straight

Black creators are telling forgotten chapters of Black history, determined ...

Black creators are telling forgotten chapters of Black history, determined to reject white-savior narratives and center Black interiority

From Rihanna to Beyoncé, Frank Ocean to Solange and Anderson .Paak, 2016 saw Black artists at the peak of their creative powers responding to the world around them by getting more introspective.

How Black Musical Artists Revolutionized the Sound of Protest in 2016

That year, Black artists' meditative sounds and personal lyrics became a fo...

That year, Black artists' meditative sounds and personal lyrics became a form of protest in a society that consistently denies Black humanity

Ibram X. Kendi: This Is the Black Renaissance

A wave of Black cultural works are emancipating the American consciousness,...

A wave of Black cultural works are emancipating the American consciousness, and banging on the door of the classical canon