Ravi Howard
@ravihoward.bsky.social
Author of Driving The King and Like Trees Walking. Work in Best American Mystery and Suspense, Salon, and Gravy. NEA Fellow and winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Prize for Literary Excellence.
On May 20, 1865, the Emancipation Proclamation was read aloud by a Union Army general on the steps of the Knott House in downtown Tallahassee. The day would become Emancipation Day.
May 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
On May 20, 1865, the Emancipation Proclamation was read aloud by a Union Army general on the steps of the Knott House in downtown Tallahassee. The day would become Emancipation Day.
For the Oxford American Food Issue, I wrote about my grandfather's time working on the Banana Docks in Mobile, Alabama. It features Arthur Rothstein's FSA photographs from his Alabama journey in 1937.
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March 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
For the Oxford American Food Issue, I wrote about my grandfather's time working on the Banana Docks in Mobile, Alabama. It features Arthur Rothstein's FSA photographs from his Alabama journey in 1937.
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James Baldwin in Durham, North Carolina in 1963. Credit @Africanarchives
February 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
James Baldwin in Durham, North Carolina in 1963. Credit @Africanarchives
Sir, you have now been President of the United States for six months and what is the result? It is no exaggeration to say that every enemy of the Negro race is greatly encouraged; that every man who dreams of making the Negro race a group of menials and pariahs is alert and hopeful. DuBois to Wilson
February 1, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Sir, you have now been President of the United States for six months and what is the result? It is no exaggeration to say that every enemy of the Negro race is greatly encouraged; that every man who dreams of making the Negro race a group of menials and pariahs is alert and hopeful. DuBois to Wilson
From Daryl Michael Scott fod zinnproject.ord:
"On Feb. 7, 1926, Carter G. Woodson, initiated the first celebration of Negro History Week which led to Black History Month, to extend and deepen the study and scholarship on African American history, all year long."
"On Feb. 7, 1926, Carter G. Woodson, initiated the first celebration of Negro History Week which led to Black History Month, to extend and deepen the study and scholarship on African American history, all year long."
February 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
From Daryl Michael Scott fod zinnproject.ord:
"On Feb. 7, 1926, Carter G. Woodson, initiated the first celebration of Negro History Week which led to Black History Month, to extend and deepen the study and scholarship on African American history, all year long."
"On Feb. 7, 1926, Carter G. Woodson, initiated the first celebration of Negro History Week which led to Black History Month, to extend and deepen the study and scholarship on African American history, all year long."
A letter from James Baldwin to Martin Luther King, Jr in 1960. Sent from Tallahasee, where Baldwin was covering the local bus boycott. The resulting meeting and interview led to Baldwin's 1961 essay in Harper's, "The Dangerous Road Before Martin Luther King."
January 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A letter from James Baldwin to Martin Luther King, Jr in 1960. Sent from Tallahasee, where Baldwin was covering the local bus boycott. The resulting meeting and interview led to Baldwin's 1961 essay in Harper's, "The Dangerous Road Before Martin Luther King."
Thanksgiving Flash from the archive. www.salon.com/2014/11/27/t...
November 28, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Thanksgiving Flash from the archive. www.salon.com/2014/11/27/t...