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Tag: James Baldwin

Posted inBooks, MLK Memorial Issue, Supplements

Recent & Recommended Books Representing MLK’s ‘Somebodiness’

by WI Guest Author January 20, 2021December 21, 2021

Christopher Freeburg’s “Black Aesthetics and the Interior Life” offers a crucial new reading of a neglected aspect of African American literature and art across the long 20th century.

Deidra LaWan Starnes stars as Sister Boxer in "The Amen Corner." (Courtesy of Shakespeare Theatre Company)
Posted inD Kevin McNeir, Lifestyle

When Baldwin Meets Shakespeare, the Result is Electrifying

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor February 19, 2020December 21, 2021
Posted inD Kevin McNeir, Lifestyle

James Baldwin’s ‘The Amen Corner’: Black Excellence on Stage

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor February 5, 2020December 21, 2021
Moderator Michele Norris leads a post-premiere discussion about the making of "If Beale Street Could Talk" with director Barry Jenkins and actors Stephan James, Kiki Layne and Regina King on Oct. 27 in the IMAX Theater of the National Air and Space Museum in Southwest. (Brigette Squire/The Washington Informer)
Posted inLifestyle

Baldwin’s ‘Beale Street’ Comes to Big Screen

by WI Guest Author November 7, 2018October 31, 2020
James Baldwin
Posted inAskia Muhammad, Columnists, Op-Ed, Opinion

MUHAMMAD: Being a James Baldwin Kind of Negro

by Askia Muhammad November 7, 2018October 31, 2020
Mahershala Ali in "Moonlight"
Posted inJulianne Malveaux, Opinion

MALVEAUX: Painful Documentaries and Hard Choices

by Dr. Julianne Malveaux February 22, 2017October 30, 2020
James Baldwin
Posted inBlack Experience, Entertainment

Baldwin Documentary ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ Receives Oscar Nod

by WI Guest Author February 9, 2017October 30, 2020
A crowd gathers at the Lincoln Memorial for the March on Washington in "I Am Not Your Negro." (Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures)
Posted inBlack History

Film Connects Civil Rights Heroes to BLM

by Stacy M. Brown February 1, 2017October 30, 2020
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History, Community

African-American Museum Celebrates Black History Month

by WI Guest Author January 19, 2017October 30, 2020
Internationally acclaimed author and scholar James Baldwin
Posted inBlack Experience, Entertainment

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘I Am Not Your Negro’

by WI Guest Author December 21, 2016October 30, 2020

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