ARTICLE

Exploring the Mental Health Stigma in Black Communities

By Amy Morin — 2020

The Black community is more inclined to say that mental illness is associated with shame and embarrassment. Individuals and families in the Black community are also more likely to hide the illness.

Read on www.verywellmind.com

FindCenter Post-Image

Toni Morrison: The Last Interview and Other Conversations

In this wide-ranging collection of thought-provoking interviews—including her first and last—Toni Morrison (whom President Barrack Obama called a “national treasure”) details not only her writing life, but also her other careers as a teacher, and as a publisher, as well as the gripping story of...

Toni Morrison, Nikki Giovanni

1

FindCenter Post-Image

Gemini: An Extended Autobiographical Statement My First Twenty-Five Years of Being a Black Poet

A young poet, attuned to the social problems of contemporary America, reveals her thoughts on the black experience.

FindCenter Post-Image

On My Journey Now: Looking at African-American History Through the Spirituals

Ever since she was a little girl attending three different churches, poet Nikki Giovanni has loved the spirituals.

FindCenter Post-Image

Black Feeling Black Talk/Black Judgement

Black Feeling, Black Talk/Black Judgement is one of the single most important volumes of modern African-American poetry.

FindCenter Post-Image

Make Me Rain: Poems & Prose

In Make Me Rain, Nikki Giovanni celebrates her loved ones and unapologetically declares her pride in her Black heritage, while exploring the enduring impact of the twin sins of racism and white nationalism.

1

EXPLORE TOPIC

Emotional and Mental Health