March 12, 2021 NWP Radio Join National Writing Project Radio for a conversation with AWTT artist and founder Rob Shetterly and education director Connie Carter. For nearly twenty

March 08, 2021 Eleri Harris, VOX Here’s a fun graphic essay by cartoonist Eleri Harris depicting some highlights in the history of International Women’s Day. And since

March 05, 2021 Beth McEvoy, News Center Maine The best thing Robert Shetterly does is paint. So when he found himself feeling frustrated and angry

February 23, 2021 On this day in 1868, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois – scholar, writer, editor, and civil rights pioneer – was born in Great Barrington,

February 22, 2021 Abby Phillip, CNN In this rare interview with CNN’s Abby Phillip, Claudette Colvin, now 81, explains why she believes many female activists were overlooked in histories

February 19, 2021 David Tisdale, The University of Southern Mississippi Clyde Kennard‘s story – of his persistent attempts to enter the University of Southern Mississippi

February 15, 2021 Sharon Rudahl, Yes! Magazine Get a sneak peak of Sharon Rudahl’s graphic biography of singer, writer, civil rights activist Paul Robeson in Yes! Magazine. “This graphic

February 08, 2021 Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan, Democracy Now! “Who is Pauli Murray? The pioneering African American legal scholar and organizer for racial and gender

February 01, 2021 Jarvis R. Givens, EducationWeek “Many accept Black History Month as a special time of year, yet few recognize the role African American