TAMPA, Fla. — Amid an era of book bans and culture clashes, Black English Bookstore in Tampa Heights is a haven for readers eager to immerse themselves in the rich tradition of African American ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For as long as she can remember, Sonja Lanehart has been fascinated by how people speak. In particular, she was interested in the ...

TAMPA, Fla. — A new bookstore just opened in the heart of Tampa Heights. The goal is to elevate Black authors and liberate banned books. Gwendolyn Henderson is the familiar face behind the store. She ...

Geneva Smitherman ended up in speech therapy in her freshman year at Wayne State University in the 1950s, when she failed a test to screen incoming teaching students for possible speech problems. The ...

Broadway, as always, is giving us lessons on language and its connection to music. The stellar new production of “Purlie Victorious,” not seen on Broadway since 1961, is Exhibit A. The show is not a ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA ) — Tampa City Councilwoman Gwen Henderson has opened a new bookstore filled with thousands of books that share Black history, Black stories and Black excellence. It was right after ...

Gwen Henderson, a Florida government official, is soon opening the doors to her new bookstore located in Tampa Heights to help expand the types of books that are available to community members.

Gwen Henderson, Tampa's only Black City Council member, envisioned her bookstore as a sanctuary for banned books. In the heart of Tampa, Florida at 401 E. Oak Ave., the Black English Bookstore opened ...

NMAF copy 39088014422760 is a bequest from the library of William C. Sturtevant. An investigation of the ways in which Black English differs from other varieties of American English, arguing that the ...