NYC: Donate Used Books to Bluestockings! All books in good condition accepted, books will be split between Bluestockings, @brooklynbookbodega and books through bars. drop off any time we are open!
Saw this breakdown of how advances work by Nate Powell and thought it was interesting. A few things not included for some non-fiction writers are: 1. paying for your own indexer. 2. paying someone to format your footnotes. 3. paying for other things that you need but that the publisher won't pay for
I was reading about Louise Norton Little (1894 or 1897 – December 18, 1989) last night. I had never seen a photo of her so I searched for one. She was gorgeous. I also didn't know that she died in 1989!!!! She lived a long life.
She was Malcolm X's mother for those who might not know.
The Second Annual Affordable Housing Expo will take place on Saturday, June 22nd from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the CUNY Graduate Center (365 5th Ave). Learn more and register here: housingpartnership.com/expo24/
iMentor serves all NYC public school students who wish to enroll and provides them with an opportunity to connect with a mentor, learn leadership skills, and explore their education and career options post-graduation. Sign up if interested in mentoring.
A comrade is closing their online store so they are having a sale on two of their tshirt designs. I have purchased many of these for gifts over the years. shop.klrodriguez.com
It’s Juneteenth, so I wanted to share a photograph that is meaningful to me because it speaks to the enduring struggle for freedom and liberation. This photograph shows Sidney Poitier (far right) & Harry Belafonte (2nd from right) standing with several members of SNCC.
Silk lace and linen shawl given to Harriet Tubman by Queen Victoria
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles L. Blockson
ca. 1897
When I was 25 and despairing a mentor mailed a photocopied version of this photo along with a letter to me.
I think about this photo regularly.
Photo at Kent State, May 4, 1970
Saxapahaw Prison Books has a new home in Brooklyn. My friend Moira launched the project & she needs volunteers to come read letters & pack books. Donations for mailing costs are also needed. www.saxapahawprisonbooks.org
Grateful to everyone who stopped by our mini-Black zine fair in Harlem yesterday. It was so great to be outdoors on a beautiful day. Thanks to the exhibitors, to the Schomburg center for having us. The past few weeks have been a whirlwind and I welcome some upcoming downtime and rests.
All the screenings of the 1ME film for the month of June The film is about a world without police and prisons and is followed by conversations with abolitionists afterwards. RSVP here: respairmedia.com/events/
Photograph [Carte de Visite] by James G. Brayton, American, born 1822
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
1865-1888
