Watch: A Conversation About Growing Up Black
Joe Brewster and Perri Peltz, the folks who brought you the powerful short documentary "A Conversation With My Black Son" [...]
Thoughtful Thursday: Terrance Hayes
Today's Thoughtful Thursday presents the work of award-winning poet Terrance Hayes. Born in 1971 in Columbia, South Carolina, Hayes received [...]
Happy Mother’s Day!!!
Happy Mother's Day from GCP! Hope you are spreading love to all of the mothers in your life today, and [...]
Update: Zach Hodges Signs with the Indianapolis Colts
Zach Hodges, the Harvard defensive end featured in an earlier post who overcame great personal tragedy to become a star [...]
Thoughtful Thursday: More Protest Poetry
Hard to believe we need protest poetry again this year, and we are only four months in. Today's Thoughtful Thursday [...]
Words of Wisdom: Bryan Stevenson on Police and Black Men
Bryan Stevenson founded the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama in 1989 and has spent years defending innocent people condemned [...]
The Brilliance of Barbershop Books
NYC educator Alvin Irby is the founder of Barbershop Books, a New York City–based project that puts child friendly reading [...]
Tell Your Sons About Zach Hodges, Harvard Scholar/Athlete
Here is a great story to talk with your sons about: Zach Hodges, an African-American senior at Harvard University, is [...]
Thoughtful Thursday: Poems for Jacob Lawrence
Ten African-American poets contributed to the Migration Series Poetry Suite created in celebration of the Jacob Lawrence exhibition at the [...]
Take Your Sons to See One-Way Ticket: Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series at MOMA
If you live in or anywhere near New York City, or are planning a visit to NYC over the summer, [...]