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"Word: An Anthology" now at the Smithsonian Libraries
"Word: An Anthology" now at the Smithsonian Libraries

We at A Gathering of the Tribes are happy to announce that our latest edition "Word: An Anthology" can now be found at the Smithsonian Libraries' National Museum of African American History and Culture Library.

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“Jonoah and the Green Stone”: A Novel by Henry Dumas
“Jonoah and the Green Stone”: A Novel by Henry Dumas

Dumas died weeks after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and the furious, fiery riots that followed. Dumas had moved with his family to Illinois, where he was teaching, and was only visiting New York City for a wedding when he was killed. 

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On our mindsMichael GonzalesBlack Writers, African American Literature, Dumas, Henry Dumas, Blackart, Black Art, Black Arts Movement, Jonoah and the Green Stone, Black Novels, Novels