solitary (originally published as Soledad)i have tried to be beautifuli have sungwhen singing was brother to pain i have run with my arms stretched outand it slowed me downi have called you… Read More
Hoke Smith Glover, Sr.,Jr. ,and the IIIMichael Hoke Smith was born in Georgia in 1855 and died in 1931. He was a baby during the Civil War and later classified as a politician of the New… Read More
i listen for what you hearin the recordsso long living in dustthe blonde model in a dresssatin blue on the coverher face gently rippled and shattered by time and movingyou in thin-aired mem… Read More
TULSA OKLAHOMAGREENWOODAs part of the oil boom in 1910 and the fact that blacks wanted to be in charge of their own neighborhoods and businesses. There was a town in Tulsa Okla. called Green… Read More
Poem For Castrowith bluesday descends to the blue sea just ninety miles South, they sing mourningi imagine a horn muted by decades of embargoa simple religion oh Orisha and the cold war the… Read More
by Valerie Sweeney PrinceA copy of Hidden Figures just arrived in the mail today. I ordered it when I learned that it was written by Margot Lee Shetterly, the daughter of one of my erstwhil… Read More
Free Black Space Update April 2017 First and foremost we would like to thank all of the Free Black Space contributors. They are a dynamic group of F… Read More
Photo: Scott Doubt
We are pleased to premiere “Free Man” by multi award-winning Canadian Soul-bluesman, Matt Andersen from his upcoming album, Halfway Home by Morning, via True N… Read More
Beautiful Rugs: What Makes Them Stand Out?
The range of colors and designs available in area rugs is almost endless. Whether your style is traditional, modern, Bohemian, minimalist, French c… Read More
Bro Yao (Hoke S Glover, III)Tai Chi practitioner and poet, Bro Yao (Hoke S. Glover III) is at the table today with V. Efua Prince talking about living with books. Glover founded and operated… Read More