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Alexis De Veaux Papers

Masani Alexis De Veaux (1948- ) is an American writer and illustrator, and former chair of the Department of Women’s Studies at the State...

From the Stacks: Contraband to Souvenir, the “San Quentin copy” of Chester Himes’ Pinktoes

Amistad’s “From the Stacks” blog series has focused on unique or interesting copies of books housed in the Center’s library collection....

Nkombo a “little magazine” of the Black Arts Movement

Literary magazines, also known as “little magazines” have been publishing experimental literature and non-conformist writings since the...

Umbra Writers Workshop, 1962-1964

New Orleans-born poet, essayist, and playwright Thomas Covington Dent was a founding member a writer’s collective the Umbra Writers’...

50 Years/50 Collections: The Chester Himes Papers, 1990

To fans of detective and crime fiction, the works of Chester Himes are well known throughout the world, particularly his novels set in...

Shakespeare In Black: African American Interpretations of the Bard

Part of an international initiative marking the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, Tulane University’s School of Liberal...

RELEASE: Kathe Hambrick Appointed The Center's Executive Director, read more...