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‘We Have a Right to Speak.’ Watch Brit Bennett, Jasmine Guillory and Jacqueline Woodson Discuss the Shift of Power Toward Black Women Writers
Following a year filled with anti-racist reading lists and proclamations to “listen to Black women,” novelists Brit Bennett, Jasmine Guillory and Jacqueline Woodson reflected on what what it means to be a Black writer today on the Feb. 5 “Black in America” episode of TIME100 Talks. In a roundtable conversation, also part of TIME and…
‘We Know Our Stories Matter.’ Brit Bennett, Jasmine Guillory and Jacqueline Woodson Discuss the Importance of Fiction
Black women have been honoring and lifting our voices, sharing our strengths, broadening our revolutionary scope since we got here. We tell stories that come through our hair and our hips, our shoulders and our ride-or-die stride as we walk alongside one another, tethered to our tropes, ever strong, mammified, over-sexualized but ultimately free together.…
‘Unity With Purpose.’ Amanda Gorman and Michelle Obama Discuss Art, Identity and Optimism
Amanda Gorman captivated the world when she read her poem “The Hill We Climb” at President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ Jan. 20 Inauguration ceremony. Sitting just feet away from the 22-year-old that day was former First Lady Michelle Obama, who had met Gorman twice before—in 2016 at a White House event for the…
Why TIME Partnered with Ibram X. Kendi to Recognize the Black Renaissance
When historian, TIME 100 honoree and How to Be an Antiracist author Ibram X. Kendi approached TIME with the idea to partner on a project about marking this moment as a Black cultural renaissance, the most challenging question we faced was how to choose which of the innumerable artists and works across poetry, film, television,…
The 25 Defining Works of the Black Renaissance
From blockbuster hit 'Black Panther' to Beyoncé's album 'Lemonade,' here are 25 works that defined the Black Renaissance
Hollywood So Often Gets Black History Wrong. Black Filmmakers Are Setting the Record Straight
Black creators are telling forgotten chapters of Black history, determined to reject white-savior narratives and center Black interiority
How Black Musical Artists Revolutionized the Sound of Protest in 2016
That year, Black artists' meditative sounds and personal lyrics became a form of protest in a society that consistently denies Black humanity
Ibram X. Kendi: This Is the Black Renaissance
A wave of Black cultural works are emancipating the American consciousness, and banging on the door of the classical canon