📚✨ "Plantains and Our Becoming" is a lyrical exploration of Afro-Latinx identity, history, and resilience. Through poetry, Melania Luisa Marte reflects on migration, ancestry, and the beauty of Blackness, weaving a powerful narrative of self-discovery and cultural pride.

📚✨James Baldwin's "The Fire Next Time" is a powerful critique of racial injustice in America. Baldwin reflects on race, religion, and the need for transformation through two essays, urging the nation to confront its history and seek true equality.

📚✨📚✨Eddie S. Glaude Jr. explores how racial inequality continues to shape American democracy, revealing the deep connection between race and the nation's soul.

📚✨ Isabel Wilkerson tells the powerful story of the Great Migration, revealing how millions of Black Americans sought freedom from oppression by moving north and west.

📚✨ Mehrsa Baradaran uncovers how Black banks have historically been central to the fight for economic justice yet have struggled against systemic racism in building wealth.

📚✨In an evoking letter to his son about navigating the world, Ta-Nehisi Coates reflects on the history of racial injustice and the personal struggles of Black Americans.

Prof. Wendy Laura Belcher presents the "Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project," a resource for stories about and images of the Virgin Mary in these African countries. Thur, Feb 6 | 6pm Princeton Public Library

📚✨ In “Race for Profit", @keeangayamahtta reveals how historical discrimination in housing and banking undermined Black homeownership, shaping systemic inequalities that persist today.

📚✨ In this timeless call to action, Martin Luther King Jr. challenges us to confront inequality and envision a future rooted in justice, unity, and love.

📚✨W.E.B. Du Bois' "The Souls of Black Folk" illuminates the struggles and triumphs of Black Americans, blending history, sociology, and personal narrative into a timeless call for justice.

In celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth, we will be spotlighting influential books on Black history, civil rights, and the African American experience. Join us in honoring the contributions and resilience of Black Americans through these impactful works.

"The lesson plans for basic training that have to do with diversity are under review to determine if they comply with an executive order from President Trump that aims to end diversity, equity and inclusion... " Read More:

The Department of African American Studies at Princeton University is happy to welcome Khalil Gibran Muhammad. Join us in getting to know him better as he shares insights into his career journey and personal experiences.

"Joe Biden’s pardon of Marcus Garvey capped a decades-long campaign to restore the reputation of one of the most significant Black leaders of the 20th century." Read More:

"Then, our host Maria Hinojosa sits down with Princeton Professor of African American Studies and author Dr. Eddie Glaude and Senior Political Reporter for Vox, Nicole Narea..." 🎧

"Here we highlight twelve African American artists you should know more about."

"Ghana’s Tourism Authority and the Office of Diaspora Affairs have extended the program into “Beyond the Return,” which fosters the relationship with diasporans. Hundreds have been granted citizenship, including people from Canada, the U.K. and Jamaica."

Imani Perry on Experimental Histories of Black Life - The scholar recommends four inventive books that offer instruction on how to create meaning, beauty, and intimacy amid fragility and social exclusion.

Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) led the civil rights movement with nonviolence and civil disobedience. Honor his legacy on January 15th, his birthday, though MLK Day is the third Monday of January.

"In an extensive interview, Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III spoke on the current political climate, the process of returning human remains from the Institution’s collections, the awe-inspiring scope of Smithsonian science and much more."