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James Baldwin has been praised for writing one of the greatest English language novels, “Go Tell It on the Mountain”.  A gay, Black civil and human rights activist, Baldwin wrote essays calling for human equality and became a well-known public figure and orator, especially during the civil rights movement in the United States. Baldwin became equally famous for his essays and political writing, which spanned the gamut of from race to sexuality, love to jazz, and addiction to identity politics, all of which remain as contentious and relevant today as they were when they were first published.

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Join me on an exploration of the great Black authors of the twentieth century in a series of blog posts, all tagged with “Black History Month 2024”. Black writers have been among the most influential and insightful thinkers of the past century, echoing the philosophies developing since antiquity that tell us how to thrive amid adversity and remind us of how we support ourselves best when we help others to succeed.

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Black inventors have not just contributed to society, many have been instrumental in supporting their own collective liberation. Largely ignored by mainstream History, Black people have invented everything from the video doorbell to the refrigerated goods lorry, and the portable ironing board to the modern traffic light system.

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We are always looking for new ways to make learning more fun and interesting. To that end, one of our resident sci-fi enthusiasts has pulled together a reading list of science fiction books we have in stock that were all written by People of the Global Majority.

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Having reached the top of their respective professions, Black women are reaching back down to help up their sisters, creating opportunities where none existed before. The availability of cash is the single most heavily limiting factor for almost every business and venture capitalists have historically been extremely reticent about lending capital to Black people and business women, let alone Black businesswomen. Happily, Black women are now stepping in to fill the gap and provide seed funding for Black-owned SMEs, as well as creating platforms to support networking between Black businesspeople and connecting venture capitalists with business founders. Others are supporting their communities by setting up community interest companies that enrich and develop people from disadvantaged backgrounds, encouraging them to succeed and thrive.

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The costmetics industry has historically worshipped an exclusively white image of beauty, as if the sculptures and paintings of the Rennaisance were the sole yardstick by which the diversity of human beauty was to be measured. Black women are only now forcing the question about where there place is in the beauty industry, overturning the exploitative practices of hair straightening and filling gaping holes in the market with products that meet the needs of women with darker skin tones.

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Frustrated by the lack of disabled Black women in the media, Kym and Jumoke created a platform that brought together a blog, YouTube channel and podcast for sharing stories and talking about the intersectional discrimination faced by Black, disabled women that led to careers as influencers with a regular circuit of public speaking at festivals, in the press and at universities. They were recently named #Merky Books superheroes.

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