the arts
the arts
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By the 1980s, Audre Lorde was working full-time as a writer.
In the 1970s and 1980s in New York City, many Black and Latinx neighborhoods were impoverished and their residents were struggling.
Palante was a self-published newspaper in which the various branches of the Young Lords Party highlighted important issues in their communities.
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In the East Harlem community control district, teachers emphasized subjects that connected to their students’ African heritage.
The Brownies’ Book included different kinds of writing, visual art, and photography by adults.
The NAACP and W.E.B. Du Bois created The Brownies’ Book to speak directly to Black children about the world and their lives.
Here are a few pages from the first issue of the magazine.