SIYABONGA! WE THANK YOU! We raised $10,240 from 105 people during 401 Gives. We SO appreciate your support. It allows us to put on events like this - Tellin' Tuesdays! The last Tuesday of the month at CCRI Liston Campus. All are welcome! @401Gives #tellintuesdays #blackstoriesmatter #legacyacademy

#DimensionalNegusStudios #DNS #MelanocyteChronicles #BlackCreatives #BlackGameDev #Afrofuturism #BlackExcellence #IndieStudio #BlackStoriesMatter #BuildingTogether

What if Black stories weren't the side quest?
What if we were the whole world?
That's what we're building at DNS. 🌌✊🏿
Come create with us.
#MelanocyteChronicles #BlackStoriesMatter #Afrofuturism #BlackExcellence

{Awards} The 2026 NAACP Image Awards Celebrate Black Literary Excellence Across Every Genre by: King Brooks The 2026 NAACP Image Awards once again proved that Black storytelling isn’t just thriving—it’s defining the culture. From sweeping fiction to groundbreaking journalism, this year’s literary winners reflect bold voices, fearless truth-telling, and stories that refuse to be ignored. In Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction, Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (William Morrow) claimed the top honor, rising above a powerhouse lineup that included…

Congrats to all of the 2026 NAACP Image Awards Winners and Nominees! #blackbooksmatter #blackexcellence #books #literary #naacpimageawards #naacp #blackpageturners #blackstoriesmatter #storytellers

It's Black History Month. Have you checked out the archives at BrandeisUniversity?www.brandeis.edu/library/archives/essays/...
#BlackHistoryMonth #blacklivesmatter #blackstoriesmatter #LangstonHughes

It's Black History Month. Have you checked out the archives at #BrandeisUniversity ?www.brandeis.edu/library/archives/essays/...
#BlackHistoryMonth #blacklivesmatter #blackstoriesmatter

Happy Black History Month! Find a story that fits you. Check out these titles and more at shop.illusivecomics.com!

#blackhistorymonth #blackstoriesmatter #blackstories #blackcreators #blackcomics #graphicnovelsforkids #yagraphicnovels

Don't forget to join Len Cabral on Monday for this free show! #blackhistorymonth #blackstoriesmatter

More Rhode Island Black Storytellers in the schools! This Rachel Briggs and Marlon Carey at the French American School! If you are interested in a school, organization or public performance, let us know! ribsfest.org/performance-... #blackhistorymonth #blackstoriesmatter

Square black image with a silhouetted image of a Black woman in profile. It reads: Black History Month. Celebrate important people and events in the history of the African Diaspora. Running along the left side, it reads: Yesterday, today, tomorrow. At the bottom is a white Bywater Books logo.

🖤 Black history is living, ongoing & essential.
➡️ It deserves to be remembered, preserved, protected, taught & read.
📣 Loudly & without limits.

#BlackLiterature #BlackAuthors #BlackStoriesMatter #BlackVoicesInBooks #BlackHistory #LiteraryLegacy

Black Literacy: Blame Slavery, The Bible, or Robert Greene (Choose One) This is final installment of the intellectually charged and hilariously honest conversation with special guest Antonio Michael Downing and the Everyday Black Men podcast consisting of Riker, Reed, Sham, The Rider, White Collar Suge, and the Black Libertarian. Together they take a deep dive into Black literacy, cultural legacy, and uncomfortable truths. The crew tackles why many Black Americans struggle with reading, linking it to slavery, survival, parenting, and a lack of cultural infrastructure — all while debating if white authors dominate the bookshelf too heavily. Antonio Michael shares how the King James Bible and his grandma's poor eyesight jumpstarted his love for literature, leading to a lifelong relationship with reading and soft hands. The conversation detours through spicy commentary on Kamala Harris, Jamaican cultural contradictions, and literary hot takes on Lovecraft, Robert Greene, and Gogol. With humor, heat, and unexpected depth, the episode challenges listeners to consider how stories are passed down — or left behind in Black communities.

📣 New Podcast! "Black Literacy: Blame Slavery, The Bible, or Robert Greene (Choose One)" on @Spreaker #afrofuturism #blackandbookish #blackhistory365 #blackliteracymatters #blackpodcast #blackstoriesmatter #blackvoices #diasporadialogues_culturalcom #everydayblackmen #hottakecentral

This Saturday! #stories #blackstoriesmatter

Welcome to RIBS Jaquel Scott! Our new Community Outreach Volunteer. #storiesmatter #RIstories #blackstoriesmatter

Our Lunchtime Storytime is at Roger Williams Gateway Center from 11:30-12:30, Wednesdays, for the month of August! This week's stories are by The Watermelon Lady! Grab your kids or just yourself and head over for some #stories! #blackstoriesmatter

We hope to see you tomorrow at Donigian Park in PVD for our Storytelling in the Park. Tomorrow we will have Masankho Banda - you don't want to miss him! #storytelling #blackstoriesmatter www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQfF...

Farewell to a Cultural Beacon

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Malcolm-Jamal Warner, actor, poet, musician, and storyteller.

At FAVunite TV, we honor his journey and legacy #TheoHuxtable #RestInPower #FAVuniteTV #BlackStoriesMatter #LegacyOfLove #CulturalBeacon

We are looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow for Tellin' Tuesdays! Come tell #stories with us! #blackstoriesmatter #storytelling

On Juneteenth, we celebrate the day that freedom finally reached all enslaved people in the U.S.

We reflect.
We honor Black history.
We uplift Black voices and stories—today and every day.

#Juneteenth #WritingCommunity #BlackStoriesMatter

#juneteenthRI So many Juneteenth events this month in RI. Marlon Carey is one of the RIBS crew. Come out and hear stories! #blackstoriesmatter Free Event!

I was invited to attend the @appletv #governmentcheese screening at The Soho Hotel in London — a flawless event hosted by @weareparable .

#GovernmentCheese #DavidOyelowo #WeAreParable #AppleTV #ScreeningNight #SohoHotel #BlackStoriesMatter #Dramedy #NoSpoilers #MustWatchTV

Hakeem Jeffries Shreds Pete Hegseth With Blistering DEI Burn Donald Trump’s defense secretary was slammed by the House minority leader over a new “outrageous” book ban.

Hakeem Jeffries isn’t holding back. He slammed Trump’s Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for a book ban that targets Black history and the Holocaust—but not Hitler. This is the GOP’s idea of “colorblind.” #BlackStoriesMatter

#BlackStoriesMatter

Trump admin keeps Hitler’s memoir on Naval Academy library shelves — but bans Maya Angelou After he was sworn in as secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. Naval Academy to end diversity practices in admissions and in its circulation of the approximately 600,000 titles…

Maya Angelou: banned. Hitler’s Mein Kampf: still available. Trump’s war on knowledge hits a new low at the Naval Academy 🤯📚
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#BlackStoriesMatter

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,857 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of David Bustill Bowser. Born in 1820 in Philadelphia, Bowser grew up free. His family had fought for Black rights going back a couple of generations and his father owned a popular…

David Bustill Bowser was more than a painter—he was a force. He fought for Black rights, designed battle flags for Union regiments, and turned his art into activism. A legacy that deserves way more love.

#BlackStoriesMatter

National Park Service restores original Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad webpage Initial changes to the NPS site included removing Tubman’s picture from the top of the page and making multiple edits to the text to exclude references to slavery.

They tried to erase Harriet Tubman. They got caught. And now the truth is back where it belongs. ✊🏽
See how public outrage forced the National Park Service to reverse course.
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#BlackStoriesMatter #WhiteWashingHistory

Hillary Clinton Torches Trump Admin Move With Scathing, Sarcastic Jab Trump’s 2016 rival asked a damning question of the White House.

Jesus, Hillary -- don't give him any ideas...

#BlackStoriesMatter

“What’s next from this administration, fan videos of Jefferson Davis?” — Hillary Clinton
Her takedown came after Trump’s NPS quietly deleted Harriet Tubman from an Underground Railroad page.

#BlackStoriesMatter

#BlackStoriesMatter #DEI

The DEI Books - Lawyers, Guns & Money Bad mojo at the US Naval Academy. Maya Angelou’s seminal autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” and books on the Holocaust were included on the Navy’s list of 381 books that were removed…

I guess we have to start #BlackStoriesMatter

“Maya Angelou and Ibram Kendi and Black Lives Matter are part of that country and that people; removing the books is unconscionable.” —Robert Farley on the Navy's library purge. #BannedBooks

I guess we have to start saying #BlackStoriesMatter