African American Studies at Beinecke Library

Collections, events, and news from the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of African American Arts and Letters.

Biography Symposium Showcases Power of Beinecke Collections and Programs for the Enterprise of Creative Research
April 9, 2019

“I would not be a writer but for this place,” Emily Bernard ’89 ’98 Ph.D. said at a symposium on biography at the Beinecke Library on March 29, 2019. “I came...
Female American Poets: Archival Connections
March 7, 2019
Our next female American poet is Margaret Walker, an educator, writer, and scholar.
Beinecke Library pop-up exhibit celebrates “A Raisin in the Sun” at 60
March 5, 2019

The Beinecke Library celebrates the 60th anniversary of Lorraine Hansberry’s monumental play A Raisin in the Sun with a temporary display of materials on the...
Cave Canem Visits Beinecke Library at Yale University (Cave Canem website)
February 28, 2019
Female American Poets: Archival Connections
February 27, 2019
An exploration of twentieth-century female American poets, tied to one another through the movements of the archive.
Venture Smith: A Slave Who Bought His Own Freedom (NBC Connecticut)
February 25, 2019
Dialogue: Hilton Als and Thelma Golden Discuss James Baldwin (David Zwirner Podcast)
February 14, 2019
The Archives of the Movement (Yale Daily News)
January 25, 2019
Female American Poets: Archival Connections
December 6, 2018
The second in our series, Female American Poets: Archival Connections, this post focuses on the poems and legacies of Gwendolyn Brooks.
Display placards promoting fashions and hairstyles for African American women
November 26, 2018
Display placards promoting fashions and hairstyles for African American women, 1939, Greater New York Coordinating Committee for Employment