Black history month is more essential these days than it has been for a while given Trump’s desire to erase it. Black writers are important in keeping it alive.
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Fighting the Erasure of History
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Lucille Clifton on Black History
Black history is under attack in a number of states. Clifton’s poetry can help us push back.
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Inspired by MLK and Lucille Clifton
To honor Martin Luther King, I share a hard-hitting but hopeful Lucille Clifton essay by a first-year African-American student who is fulfilling his dream.
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Trouble Recovering My French
Lines from Lucille Clifton’s “i am accused of tending to the past,” wrenched out of context, describe by experience with French at the moment
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Clifton Brings Black History Alive
Lucille Clifton insists on the telling the historical truth, even if it makes whites uncomfortable.
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