From STL PR  Inspired by barbershop chats and a brotherly contest over hip-hop facts, the Black Lit Network is a digital resource designed t...

A brief take on how Zora Neale Hurston’s short stories use infidelity and community gossip to transform private conflicts into public specta...

This isn’t a flex, I promise, but over the last 15 years I have likely taught more Black women students than any other educator at my univer...

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A brief take on how recent efforts to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion programs threaten the institutional support and long-term v...

Our Black Lit Network project is funded under the Mellon Foundation’s Public Knowledge initiative, which aims “to increase access to knowled...

There was laughter. There were fellowships. There were expressions of gratitude. There was the humming of a jazz tune. We had it all on Augu...

On August 27 and 28, we hosted an exhibit "Power Poses, Movement, and the Presence of Katherine Dunham and Judith Jamison," which ...