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Lawrence Jackson

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Bloomberg Distinguished Professor English, History, Center for Africana Studies Director Billie Holiday Center for Liberation Arts Johns Hopkins University

 Baltimore City
sites.krieger.jhu.edu/billie-holiday/
Joined February 2017
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The Culture Report: Billie Holiday at the BMA via @BaltimoreBanner thebaltimorebanner.com/cultu…

The Culture Report: Billie Holiday at the BMA

In collaboration with the BMA, Johns Hopkins University shared a preview of a newly acquired collection of Billie Holiday archives.

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Balling The Jack - Gene Kelly & Judy Garland youtu.be/bERRS3sL0Iw via @YouTube
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old time dancing youtu.be/Q3x6b7PBDhc via @YouTube
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Duke University Professor Thomas F. DeFrantz: Buck, Wing and Jig youtu.be/A34OD4eA17o via @YouTube
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Lawrence Jackson’s Memoir Explores a Circuitous Journey from Park Heights to Homeland

Lawrence Jackson’s Memoir Explores a Circuitous Journey from Park Heights to Homeland

The distance between the two neighborhoods is only 4.5 miles, but it’s as long and fraught an odyssey as any in this country.

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p.173 Shelter, since Ryan Coogler's banking woes are in the news.

ALT p.173 Shelter, since Ryan Coogler's banking woes are in the news.

Lawrence Jackson’s Memoir Explores a Circuitous Journey from Park Heights to Homeland baltimoremagazine.com/sectio… via @baltimoremag
Lawrence Jackson’s Memoir Explores a Circuitous Journey from Park Heights to Homeland

Lawrence Jackson’s Memoir Explores a Circuitous Journey from Park Heights to Homeland

The distance between the two neighborhoods is only 4.5 miles, but it’s as long and fraught an odyssey as any in this country.

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“You Just Have to Read This…” Books by Wesleyan Authors Jackson ’90, Carter ’88 newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.ed…
Workshop featuring D Watkins's work to transform Baltimore youth; poet Melvin Brown and Brother Charles Dugger along with librarian Angela Kouikoui and Jeneanne Collins
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Nonfiction Book Review: Shelter: A Black Tale of Homeland, Baltimore by Lawrence Jackson. Graywolf, $17 trade paper (344p) ISBN 978-1-64445-083-3 publishersweekly.com/978-1-6… via @publisherswkly

Shelter: A Black Tale of Homeland, Baltimore by Lawrence Jackson

A Black man makes a conflicted return to his roots in this bittersweet meditation on race and belonging. In 2016, Jackson (My Fa...

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Recy Taylor, subject of @Oprah Golden Globes speech, mentioned in Chester B. Himes: A Biography books.wwnorton.com/books/det… #RecyTaylor #OprahWinfrey #Goldenglobes
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Recy Taylor, subject of @Oprah Golden Globes speech, mentioned in Chester B. Himes: A Biography books.wwnorton.com/books/det… #RecyTaylor #OprahWinfrey #Goldenglobes #imageaward
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Recy Taylor, subject of @Oprah Golden Globe speech, mentioned in Chester B. Himes: A Biography books.wwnorton.com/books/det… #RecyTaylor #OprahWinfrey #Goldenglobes #imageawards
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Who was Recy Taylor? Here’s the story of the civil rights hero Oprah mentioned at the Golden Globes. vox.com/identities/2018/1/8/… via @voxdotcom
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JHU's Lawrence Jackson longlisted for PEN America Literary Award

JHU's Lawrence Jackson longlisted for PEN America Literary Award

Bloomberg Distinguished Professor recognized for his biography of American author Chester Himes

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