      In the Authors Note,  Watson and Hannah-Jones state their intention to “show that Black Americans have their own proud origin story, one that does not begin in slavery, in struggle, and in strife but that bridges the gap between Africa and the United States of America...

Black Book Talk

Newbery Honor-winning author Renée Watson discusses The 1619 Project: Born on the Water

Ray Owens and Wentemi Kante, members of Portland's Well-Read Black Girls Book Club, discuss the importance of the group beyond sharing good reads.  Both women emphasize its importance as a safe and supportive space where Black women can fellowship with their sisters, a rari...

Well-Read Black Girls Book Group: More than books

Charles Hannah and his wife Michelle Lewis are the co-owners of Third Eye Books, Portland's only Black-owned bookstore.  Charles shares what motivated the couple to open a bookstore at a time when independent stores are challenged by mega-sellers like Amazon.  He expresses ...

Third Eye Bookstore

As summer draws to an end, students of all ages are preparing to return to school.  And, who better to help them but librarians?  So we've invited two of our favorite Library Ladies to share their reading recommendations. Carla Davis, Youth Librarian at the Midland Regional...

The Library Ladies' Show

Black Book Talk on 08/05/21

Every season Portland's Profile Theatre identifies a community that their Featured Playwright is intimately involved with and creates a free writing workshop for that specific group.  The workshop is called "Community Profile". The 2020-21 season Featured Playwright was Lyn...

Bobby Bermea: Community Profile Writing Workshop

This is the second half of our interview with Portlander Richard Brown, author of This is Not For You:  An Activist's Journey of Resistance and Resilience".  In this segment, he discusses the process of writing and publishing his memoir.  Mr. Brown is a Portland community a...

Part Two: "This Is Not for You" by Richard Brown

Black Book Talk welcomes Richard Brown, author (with Brian Benson) of "This is Not For You:  An Activist's Journey of Resistance and Resilience".  Mr. Brown is a Portland community activist and photographer who has spent decades working to bridge the divide between police a...

"This Is Not for You" by Portland activist Richard Brown

The poetry of Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, Walter D. Myers, Nikki Giovanni, Charles R. Smith Jr. and others are featured in the rebroadcast of this April 2005 program.  Recordings of Hughes and Giovanni reading their works are augmented by other readers, including progam ...

From the Black Book Talk Vault: The Poetry of Langston Hughes, Walter D. Myers, Charles R. Smith Jr. and others.

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