Hazel Singer: Summer is a great time to catch up on reading; to learn about people and places not necessarily in the headlines, but worth knowing

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The BlackPast blog post is up, please check it out!

Summer Projects....for You!

Summer is a great time to catch up on reading; to learn about people and places not necessarily in the headlines, but worth knowing; to share stories and information with friends and family. This blog has, in the past, posted on travel to heritage beaches, to National Park Sites of historic interest, travel through books and reading, travel with historic themes. These can be accessed by clicking on the Blog Archive listed in the column to the right of this page. Below is a mere sample of places and people to visit with this summer. Make your own suggestions and explorations in the comment section of this blog post!

 

 Rhiannon Giddens

 

Blogs/websites to check out:
AfriClassical
The Walking Ghosts of Black History
Black Media Mine
BlackPast.org
field negro
Black Science Fiction Society
Official Black German Society
The Black Presence in Britain

 

  Abdulrazak Gurnah

Books:
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo
Gravel Heart by Abdulrazak Gurnah
The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu by Charlie English
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

 

Tracy K. Smith

 

 People:
Tracy K. Smith, Poet Laureate of the United States 2017
Angel Gardner, Youth Poet Laureate Seattle 2016
Francis Kéré, Architect  In the news.
Rhiannon Giddens, musician (Freedom Highway, original music based on narratives of the enslaved)