Toni Morrison was a Nobel Prize– and Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist, editor, and professor. Her novels are known for their epic themes, exquisite language, and richly detailed Black characters. The most famous and well-regarded are Beloved, The Bluest Eye, Sula, and Song of Solomon. In 1993, Morrison became the first Black woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Despite her worldwide acclaim, the Ohio native was rarely writing full-time. She balanced working on her books with editing for Random House as well as teaching at Princeton and Howard Universities. Through her own novels and the books she edited, she was instrumental in developing the canon of Black American literature. Morrison died in 2019 at age 88.

Rev. Jesse Jackson 🌹

Serena's advice for black women.

LILO AND STITCH (2002) Dir. Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois

The very next day on April 4, 1968, Dr. King was assassinated.

Margaret Bourke-White, 1956

The one and only Whitney Houston, The Voice, singing "Do You Hear What I Hear." 🎄

Little Angels by Marta Wiley

Merry Christmas eve 🎄❄️

Illustrated by Gayle Kabaker

Merry Christmas