*On this date in 2018, Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar won the Pulitzer Prize for music for his album “Damn.” It is the first-time work outside of the classical and jazz genres has been recognized in that category. In the announcement, the Pulitzer board described the album as a “virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular […]
learn more*On this date in 2021, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story was published. This book is an anthology of essays and poetry published by Random House’s One World imprint. It is a book-length expansion of the essays presented in the 1619 Project issue of The New York Times Magazine in August 2019. The book is by Nikole Hannah-Jones […]
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