Category: Biography

5 Ways to be Geniuses Together: Celebrating Ja Jahannes

July 13, 2015

“Unless we learn” quote by Ja A. Jahannes (with art graphic by Postered Poetics) One self-penned definition of the word genius is: a focused intensification of individual intelligence resulting in works of exemplary creativity, visionary leadership, or uncommon spiritual depth and beauty. This definition is perhaps a fitting one to describe much of the life … More 5 Ways to be Geniuses Together: Celebrating Ja Jahannes

Red Summer: Text and meaning in Claude McKay’s “If We Must Die” (part 1 of 4)

June 4, 2015

The summer of 2015 marks the 96th anniversary of the publication of Harlem Renaissance poet Claude McKay’s masterful poem, “If We Must Die.” This essay is presented in commemoration of that literary milestone and in remembrance of the extraordinary Red Summer of 1919 that inspired it. There were many good reasons to believe America had … More Red Summer: Text and meaning in Claude McKay’s “If We Must Die” (part 1 of 4)

Citizens of Newark Honor City and Historian Clement Alexander Price

November 20, 2014

                      Clement Alexander Price (photo by Nick Romanenko and Rutgers Magazine) The celebration held at Bethany Baptist Church in Newark, NJ, on November 14, 2014, honored the city itself as much as it did the life of historian Clement Alexander Price, who passed on November 5. “Everything he touched he made better,” said fellow historian … More Citizens of Newark Honor City and Historian Clement Alexander Price