An ongoing list of black artists, writers, creatives, and organizations supporting them, as well as black-owned restaurants, shops, and businesses.
<aside> 📄 If you have additional people, lists, and resources to share, please comment (anywhere on this page) — or email me ([email protected]) or DM me on Instagram (@doublepluslovely)
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Worldwide This is a spreadsheet of 800+ black musicians, producers, and labels to support on Bandcamp.
<aside> 🎶 For a history of how house, electronic and techno music originated in black and gay communities in Detroit, read The Underground is Massive by Michaelangelo Matos
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US Cave Canem (donate here) is a 501(c)3 non-profit literary organization that serves as "a home for the many voices of African American poetry and is committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of African American poets". Their fellows have won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, the National Book Award, and other honors.
Worldwide Black Renaissance Noire is a magazine publishing essays, poetry, fiction, photography, art, and reviews, published by NYU. It has published notable work from Toni Morrison, Derek Walcott, and others.
Australia The Black Book Directory lists 2,700+ Indigenous people and organizations working in the arts, media, and cultural industries). The Black Book Library also includes 2,000+ artistic works by indigenous people, including documentaries, films, plays, and albums.