The 20-teens saw great advancements in black girlhood studies, with increased media coverage, academic scholarship, motion pictures, and literature prominently featuring black female children and adolescents. The Black Girlhood Project […]
Facebook Group Replacing BGP Forum
Since Facebook is such a convenient way for us to communicate and stay in touch, the BGP: Black Girlhood Project Facebook Group will replace the Forum page on the BGP […]
Join the BGP Zotero Group
Are you researching and writing about black girls? Then, join The Black Girlhood Project Zotero group. Zotero is a free, open source reference collection platform much like EndNote and RefWorks, […]
Help Wanted: In Search of a Toni Morrison Citation
If you commonly conduct research, you know that it can be completely exhilarating and extremely frustrating. Exhibit one — At some point in time, I located the following Toni Morrison […]
CFP — Backdrops No More: Alternative Visions of Black Girlhood in Afrofuturistic Literature
2020 College Language Association (CLA) Convention * April 1-4, 2020 * Hilton Memphis In 1970, Toni Morrison published The Bluest Eye, which prominently features black female children and adolescents, who […]
Thank you, Ms. Marshall!
On Mon., August 12, 2019, the world lost another literary giant, author Paule Marshall. In a 1979 Essence article, Marshall wrote, “Traditionally, in most fiction, men are the wheelers and […]
New Collection – Black From the Future
Forthcoming: 9/20/19 I just discovered this upcoming collection, and I am excited to read it! Love the cover! I hope it includes many, diverse portrayals of black girlhood. Check out […]
Thank You, Ms. Toni!
Last week, the world lost a truly amazing person—a brilliant, captivating storyteller whose creative and scholastic output has had an immeasurable influence on those blessed to read her literature and […]
Althesa’s Daughters in Clotel
“A celebrated writer has justly said of woman, ‘A woman’s whole life is a history of the affections. The heart is her world; it is there her ambition strives for […]
Culture as Salvation in Binti
“So me being the only one on the ship was not that surprising. However, just because something isn’t surprising doesn’t mean it’s easy to deal with.” – Binti In Nnedi […]