Tag Archives: Dudley Randall

Du Bois Embraced Dead White Men

By Robin Bates | Published: March 15, 2022

Rather than being repressed by the classical tradition, writers of color have been energized by it.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Booker T and W.E.B.", Booker T. Washington, classical education, W.E.B. Du Bois | Comments closed

Black Poetry–Next on the Right’s List?

By Robin Bates | Published: January 31, 2022

Many iconic African American poems could discomfit certain white audiences. Will the right target those as well as black history?

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "i am accused of tending to the past", "Ballad of Birmingham", "Last Quatrain of the Ballad of Emmett Till", "Song for a Dark Girl", African American History Month, censorship, Gwendolyn Brooks, Langston Hughes, Lucille Clifton, racism | Comments closed