source: The Coretta Scott King Awards Book: From Vision to Reality ed. by Henrieatta M. Smith; 1994. It seems the intent of the CSKBART Executive Committee is to get back to the original intentions of the award’s creators by limiting the qualifications for award winners to those Black Americans who are US citizens whose ancestors… Read More CSK Visions and Realities

“Segmentation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.”Coretta Scott King The text for my post today comes from a petition to repeal the Coretta Scott King Book Wards Round Table (CSKBART)’s vote to change its definition of African American.… Read More Our Own Sort of Anti-Blackness

This Sunday morning, I’d like to observe Disabilty Pride Month by uplifting Ann Clare LeZotte. Ann has been D/deaf since birth. She grew up on the north shore of Long Island. She is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and she currently works as a public librarian in Florida. As an author, her work includes… Read More SundayMorningRead