Baldwin's early essays have been described as 'an unequalled meditation on what it means to be black in America'. This rich and stimulating collection contains 'Fifth Avenue, Uptown: a Letter from Harlem', polemical pieces on the tragedies inflicted by

In an essay on the writer Seán O'Faoláin, Conor Cruise O'Brien wrote about ideas of childhood and memory: "There is for all of us a twilight zone of time, stretching back for a generation or two before we were born, which never quite belongs to the rest

During Black History Month in the U.S. , we dedicate the month of February to reviewing, dissecting, and analyzing African-American history. From slavery to the Civil Rights Movement to today's African-American experience, we make a concerted effort to un

Una Mulzac started Liberation Bookstore in part to promote causes such as fighting apartheid. James Baldwin and Toni Morrison were among her customers. Below, Ms. Mulzac in 1994.

Marc Lamont Hill and Mumia Abu-Jamal are two of the most visible intellectuals of my generation. Separated by the walls of injustice, The Classroom and the Cell: Conversations on Black Life in America brings these two giants in the struggle for justice t

February is Black History Month. The LGBT community has so many heroes and heroines who were African American. They not only helped define a broad base LGBT community but literally their efforts changed the world. In a salute to African Americans everywh