American writers

Rare copy of first novel by black woman donated

A rare version of a book considered the first novel published in the U.S. by a Black woman has returned to her home state of New Hampshire.

An original first edition of Harriet Wilson's " Our Nig; or Sketches From the Life of a Free Black " was recently donated to Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire, WMUR-TV reports.

Whoopi Goldberg suspended by ABC for Holocaust comments

US actress Whoopi Goldberg on Feb. 1 was suspended from the talk show she hosts for two weeks after saying that the Nazi genocide of six million Jews "was not about race."

Despite an apology from the host of "The View" talk show, ABC News President Kim Godwin said she had decided it was not enough.

New York City Hall is Removing a Statue of Thomas Jefferson due to his Slaveholding Past

The New York City Hall yesterday approved the removal of the statue of Thomas Jefferson, one of the founding fathers of the United States, placed in the boardroom more than a century ago because of the slave-owning past of politics, AFP reported, quoted by BTA.

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