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50 Black Writers Whose Impact Went Beyond the Page


50 Black Writers Whose Impact Went Beyond the Page
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Rachel Cavanaugh, Stacker News
On 2/23/21 at 8:00 PM EST
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African American authors have created a rich body of literature: fiction and nonfiction, essays, poetry, scholarly articles and more. The narratives they ve added to American storytelling have shifted perspectives and prompted fresh conversations; their writing has shaped how the Black experience is viewed and understood in America by readers of all races and backgrounds.
In the 19th century, African American literature was driven by narratives of slavery, many told from the perspective of escaped slaves such as Harriet Jacobs or Frederick Douglass. In the 1920s, as Black artists and intellectuals emerged following the Great Migration, the Harlem Renaissance produced a generation of authors who addressed issues of racism and segregation. By the middle of the century, Black authors played an important role in ....

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National Women's Hall of Fame holds virtual induction ceremony


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This week the National Women’s Hall of Fame introduced several new members in a virtual setting.
“While we are living in unprecedented times the NWHF wanted to use this otherwise tumultuous year to innovate the way we operate, and reflect on our past,” the HOF said in a post on its Facebook page about the virtual event.
It was held Thursday, December 10th.
Here’s more on the inductees:
Mary Church Terrell (1863 –1954)
Mary Church Terrell, born during the Civil War, was one of the most prominent activists of her era with a career that spanned well into the civil rights movements of the1950’s. Terrell was one of the first Black women to earn a college degree, in Classics at Oberlin College, and one of the first to earn an MA. She taught Latin at the M Street school the first Black public high school in the nation in Washington, DC. In 1896, she was the first Black woman in the United States appointed to the school board ....

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