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10/05/2025

There is nothing that is new in The house on Rondo because it's happening around us all the time. Black neighborhoods are being gentrified, they're being destroyed, in the name of progress again. And who loses out ...? Debra Stone When thirteen-year-old Zenobia has to leave her friends and spend the summer at Grandma’s while Mama recovers from a stroke, life seems so unfair....

https://blackmarketreads.com/2025/10/05/debra-stone-the-house-on-rondo/

08/24/2025

I couldn't put it down. And the conversation with Lissa and Leila was exquisite! Studio team broke into spontaneous applause. Explore the powerful narrative of motherhood in Leila Mottley's _The Girls Who Grew Big_, highlighting reproductive justice and young motherhood.

https://blackmarketreads.com/2025/08/24/leila-mottley-the-girls-who-grew-big/

07/25/2025

"Every time I looked at the dress, a cold hand squeezed my heart and a tear dropped from my eye. Eventually, the flood of tears was too great to stop". Madison Montgomery (Valerie Burns, author) Valerie (V.M.) Burns is an acclaimed mystery writer. the author of the Baker Street Mystery, Mystery Bookshop, Dog Club, RJ Franklin, and ...

 ”Every time I looked at the dress, a cold hand squeezed my heart and a tear dropped from my eye. Eventually, the flood of tears was too great to stop”. Madison Montgomery(Valerie Burns…

06/18/2025

African American literature is more than stories, poems, and novels. It's a living testament of our ability to endure, to resist, and to thrive in environments that weren't designed for us. From the narratives of enslaved people to the bold voices of the Black Arts movement, our literature has been a mirror of pain, a map of how to navigate the challenges that we face. and a megaphone of our power."...

Explore the evolution of African American literature with Dr. Luke Wood, highlighting resilience, cultural equity, and social justice.

05/24/2025

”The devil said, I'm not evil. Not really. How could I be? Ain't nothing in me God ain't put there. Ain't a thing in my heart God didn't smile upon. All I want is to get back home.”Rickey Fayne -The Devil Three Times An audacious debut spanning eight generations of a Black family in West Tennessee as they are repeatedly visited by the Devil…...

https://blackmarketreads.com/2025/05/24/rickey-faynes-the-devil-three-times-a-tale-of-redemption/

04/23/2025

"People don't tend to just talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, with no one receiving it. I mean, sometimes they do, but you know, they're obnoxious. They don't get invited back to the party." - Pearl Cleage The Nacirema Society Requests the Honor of Your Presence at a Celebration of Their First One Hundred Years by Pearl Cleage directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton…...

Join Pearl Cleage at the Guthrie Theater for 'The Nacirema Society'—a captivating comedy of love and scandal, running April 19-May 25, 2025.

04/02/2025

“We must remember that racism is not just an ideology; it is a disease. And racial healing is the medicine.”
OR "community healing".
Besides being a beautiful read this book provides a course of action, for leaders who want to make a difference. The conversation does not disappoint.

https://blackmarketreads.com/2025/04/02/dr-gail-c-christophers-guide-to-racial-healing/

03/21/2025

It's a great weekend for listening and reading!
Join us as we kick-off our 10th Season of Black Market Reads. An intriguing conversation with Lissa Jones and Lisa Williamson Rosenberg.

https://blackmarketreads.com/2025/03/21/lisa-williamson-rosenberg-explores-race-and-family-in-mirror-me/

11/20/2024

"Papyrus came out of a conscious community trying to transform themselves with the new knowledge of history and culture that has been hidden, or discredited, or just plain old missing from our experience here in the United States. We wanted to make sure our children had the knowledge of where we come from, and our history of culture. And so from there was a need saying, well, what kind of materials are we going to use to teach our children?"...

“Papyrus came out of a conscious community trying to transform themselves with the new knowledge of history and culture that has been hidden, or discredited, or just plain old missing from ou…

10/18/2024

Today was the day! TCFF! Red carpet! Such fun.

10/08/2024

Twin Cities Film Festival alert! I want to personally invite you to the premier of Separate Not Equal: Minnesota’s Integration Story. The documentary was produced by MPS Equity and School Climate in partnership with idream.tv. The film has been selected for the Twin Cities Film

Thanks to sponsorships, tickets for the film are FREE of charge, but reservations are needed! There will be a Q+A following the film and photo opportunity for attendees to meet the cast.

Ticket Reservation: The Minnesota Integration Story Tickets, Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 2:00 PM | Eventbrite

09/20/2024

"What I want people, maybe beyond anything, to understand is that we, like poems, are capable of such complex juxtaposition and complication in our feelings towards things... And I know in an anti-Black world that is so good at hating us that there is a Black-loving world out there ... and in that Black-loving world that we can manifest everywhere will be a world of great, great hope and possibility where tomorrow is nourished."...

This is a book of awakening out of violence, guilt, shame, and critical pessimism to wonder and imagine how we can strive toward a new existence in a world that seems to be dissolving into desolate futures.