This program is being livestreamed from MDC’s Wolfson Campus. For more information about this in-person program, please visit MiamiBookFair.com. Long before his name became synonymous with civil rights, George Floyd, murdered outside of a Minneapolis […]
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Robert Jones Jr.’s The Prophets – his debut novel – tells the story of Samuel and Isaiah, slaves whose love creates a refuge in a world ruled by vicious masters. But
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Established in 1990, African American Read In is a national initiative designed to celebrate black history and culture. This year Miami Dade College’s North Campus in partnership with Miami Book
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The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from The New Yorker is a collection of the venerated magazine’s writing on race in America. Spanning a century, this anthology edited by Jelani
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Future of Democracy X Miami Book Fair: Artistry has been interwoven into demanding social justice throughout American history. John Murillo, author of Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry, joins Knight Foundation’s Sam Gill to speak of his own
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Eddie S. Glaude Jr., author and James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, weaves biography, memoir, and social and political analysis as he explores
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Event starts Tuesday, November 17 @ 7 p.m. EST Part satiric comic strip storytelling, part academic lecture, “Red, White, Black and Blue: Highlighting America’s Racial Illiteracy” is a culmination of
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In the dual biography The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., Peniel E Joseph upends longstanding preconceptions of the 20th century’s
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African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song is a literary landmark: the biggest, most ambitious anthology of Black poetry ever published, gathering 250 poets from the colonial period
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