Black History Makers: Mary Bowser
Mary Bowser, birthdate unknown, first appears in history on May 17, 1846. On that day, “Mary Jane, a colored child belonging to Mrs. Van Lew,” was baptized at Saint John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia, according […]
Month: March 2017
PEN America’s Award-Winning Titles
In recognition of both Insurrections and What Is Not Yours is Not Yours winning the PEN America Robert Bingham award for debut fiction and the Open Book award for authors of color respectively, we are offering […]
Press Release: Announcing Kimbilio’s Book Prizes!
Kimbilio is proud to announce an incredible addition to our programming. Partnering with our friends at Four Way Books and Braddock Avenue Books, Kimbilio will be awarding two annual publication prizes. Published by Four Way […]
Black History Makers: Misty Copeland
Misty Copeland was born on September 10, 1982 in Kansas City, Missouri. The fourth of six siblings born to Sylvia Delacerna, Copeland’s family moved several times before eventually settling in the coastal community of San […]
Award-Winning Novel Purple Hibiscus is the 2017 One Maryland One Book
(Baltimore, MD)—Maryland Humanities is pleased to announce the selection of Purple Hibiscus by award-winning Nigerian author and MacArthur Genius Award recipient Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie as the 2017 One Maryland One Book. The novel was chosen […]
Author Favorites Featuring Rion Amilcar Scott
Bro. Rion is the author of Insurrections, a PEN America Award Finalist for Debut Fiction. His debut book has been exclaimed as “…energetic and musical—fully inhabiting a diverse array of storytelling styles.” From the first […]
Black History Makers: Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was born on June 7, 1917, in Topeka, Kansas. Her father was a janitor who had hoped to become a doctor; her mother was a schoolteacher and classically trained pianist. They were […]
Celebrating Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks is recognized as “one of the most highly regarded, highly influential” poets of the 20th-century. She was both the first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize and the first Black woman to […]
2017 National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium “Our Miss Brooks: A Centennial Celebration”
2017 National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium “Our Miss Brooks: A Centennial Celebration” Saturday, March 25, 2017; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Registration opens at 10 a.m. (program begins at 11 a.m.) Medgar Evers College, […]
Black History Makers: Fannie Lou Hamer
Fannie Lou Townshend (1917-1977) was born into poverty, the youngest of 20 children, to sharecroppers Lou Ella and Jim Townshend in Montgomery County, Mississippi. At age six she joined her family in the cotton fields. […]