The essay will quotes from James Baldwin book, The Fire Next Time. It will look into close interrelationship between both individual/personal and larger social/historical factors shaping racial identity in the United States. Full Article at Associated Content

"The same rebellion, the same impatience, the same anger that exists in the hearts of the dark people in Africa and Asia is existing in the hearts and minds of 20 million black people in this country who have been just as thoroughly colonized as the... Full Article at The Burbank Digest

Now that I am more kindly disposed toward The Paris Review—the literary institution founded by George Plimpton and a cohort of his pals back in the wild and crazy 1950s—since they have dropped the hyperbolic “DNA of literature” slogan, I am pleased... Full Article at The Morning News

Actor and writer Robb Dimmick has compiled a history of black gay men in Rhode Island, curating a new exhibit at the John Hay Library, “Black Lavender 2.” PROVIDENCE — For nearly a century, gay black men have contributed to the state’s political,... Full Article at Providence Journal

One of most accomplished and talented African-American actresses of her generation, Alfre Woodard earned an Oscar nomination and multiple Emmy wins in a prolific film and TV career that spanned over three decades. Full Article at Hollywood.com

In 1940, the Wrekin's Tory MP James Baldwin-Webb drowned when the SS City of Benares was torpedoed while taking evacuee children to Canada. Full Article at New Statesman