(Black PR Wire) Princeton, NJ — The U.S. Postal Service recently celebrated the life and legacy of author Toni Morrison (1931-2019), whose artfully crafted novels explored the diverse voices of African Americans, in a first-day-of-issue ceremony at Princeton University. “One of the goals of our stamp program is to raise awareness and celebrate the people who […]
Quien ha sido durante casi tres décadas el entrenador, mentor, apoyo, estratega y ancla emocional de uno de los mejores tenistas de la historia, Rafa Nadal, nos desvela algunas de las claves de su educación: la humildad, el esfuerzo, el respeto al rival, la modestia, etc; nos lo cuenta aderezado con anécdotas de su andadura […]
Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, a professor of history of art at the University of Pennsylvania, describes novelist Toni Morrison as “one of the most important American writers” of the last century. Shaw says Morisson’s work was “deeply impactful” for American culture and “black writers and artists” in general. Admirers who came to look at the portrait […]
Prairie View A&M University students, particularly English majors, are in for a treat. Literary lovers can expect an annual writing-in-residence opportunity appropriately named the Toni Morrison Writing Program on campus at the Texas HBCU. The writing program is set to give students an invaluable experience to learn from the nation’s top writers as they prepare […]
Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) President Ruth J. Simmons announced today that a Toni Morrison Writing Program would be established at PVAMU in honor of the writer and her former student, MacKenzie Scott. The philanthropist, who is also a writer, donated $50 million to the University in October 2020; $3 million of her gift will […]