Palestine Week 2024
January 18, 2024 – January 25, 2024 In keeping with our ongoing mission of uplifting racial and cultural connections, Busboys and Poets is hosting Palestine Week (January 18 through January 25, 2024). This week-long series of events will offer a diverse range of programming featuring Palestinian food, music, dance, poetry, discussions, and other enriching events. … Continued
For Langston Hughes on His 123 Birthday
Speech given on February 1, 2024 in Havana, Cuba In 1927 Langston Hughes walked into a Cuba amid an emerging community of artists, intellectuals, and radicals. He saw a “sunrise in a new land [– a day – in his words]sic – full of brownskin surprises, and hitherto unknown contacts in a world of color.” … Continued
The NAACP Endorsement and the Struggle for Same-Sex Marriage
NAACP approval of same-sex marriage is a small step forward in fulfilling “equality for all”
“White Space, Black Space”
Don’t call it self-segregation: Making the case for separateness
Busboys and Poets Book Club in Shirlington
Busboys and Poets Book Club in Shirlington welcomes new members