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The HBW Blog published regularly for ten years from 2011-2021 at the URL https://projecthbw.ku.edu. During that time, it served as a major forum for the exchange of information and ideas, as well as a robust network for scholars, teachers, and students from different disciplines around the world.
Guest contributors include leading scholars and writers, but most of the posts were conceived of, researched, and written by HBW's staff of undergraduate and graduate students. Its content consists of feature editorials, book reviews, memorials, and coverage of HBW programming. Altogether, 95 writers contributed more than 750 posts.
The HBW Blog Archive is searchable by topic, month and year, and contributor name.
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| MLK... 49 Years Later “The Funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr.” .. | |
| Early Women Faculty at University of Kansas Too often, stereotypes and misinformation—images, stories, and historical records presented to others—obscure existing representations of black women. .. | |
| Celebrating National Poetry Month Here at HBW we are kicking off National Poetry Month! Check out this newest piece from Jerry W. Ward, Jr. .. | |
| GUEST BLOG: The Centrality of Works by Black Writers in the African American Read-In The African American Read-In was founded and sponsored by the Black Caucus (a group of Black professional educators and scholars) of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) in 1990. The Black Caucus voted to initiate the African American Read-In at its November 1989 meeting, but it was not until 1991 that the National Council of Teachers of English joined in the sponsorship. The International Reading Association (IRA) endorsed the Read-In some time later and over the years, other groups have come to endorse it. .. | |
| Hidden Figure: Marion Bond Jordon On February 7, 1921, Marion B. Jordon was born in Brownsville, Tennessee, to Ollie S. and Mattye Tollette Bond, charter members of their local NAACP chapter. After graduating from Lane College (summa cum laude) in 1941, she accepted a position in New York City with Pepsi-Cola as a national sales representative, a position typically reserved for white males. After completing her tenure, she became a field secretary for the NAACP, which required that she travel across the country extensively. Civil Rights icon and women’s rights activist Mrs. Daisy Lampkin became Marion’s mentor and introduced her to James Jordon. In 1950, Marion married “Jim” and moved to Pittsburgh with him. .. | |
| Forgotten Figures for the Resistance As we close out Women’s History Month and recognize the “Resistance marches” that have swept the nation, as well as in Lawrence, what better way to show how far we’ve come than to take a look back in history and see our progress. .. | |
| GUEST BLOG: A Picture in the National Museum of African American History and Culture What it’s like to discover that you are in the National Museum of African American History & Culture? “In” as in one of the pictures featured in the museum. It is absolute sheer pleasure. .. | |
| Zora Neale Hurston’s Radical Black Love When Zora Neale Hurston published Their Eyes Were Watching God in 1937, she had no idea of the currency it would continue to hold long after her death. The African American writer and anthropologist rose from humble beginnings in the South to become one of the leading figures of the Harlem Renaissance. A prolific writer, Hurston published more than 50 short stories and four novels during her lifetime. Their Eyes Were Watching God would become her most popular work. .. | |
| Mari Evans: An Oral History Over two days in March 2013, the Project on the History of Black Writing conducted what would become the last formal interview Mari Evans gave. Alysha Griffin (former HBW Special Projects Coordinator) and Shayn Guillemette (former Graduate Assistant) visited Mari Evans at her residence in Indianapolis, IN. This interview was later transcribed by the Spencer Research Library at the University of Kansas. .. | |
| ICYMI: Late Women Trustees of the Writers Club to Be Honored Dr. Lena Jane Weathers (1930-2017), who was a lifelong resident of East St. Louis and an invaluable leader and patron of this community, will be honored along with four other late trustees of the Eugene B. Redmond Writers Club on Tuesday, March 21... |