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Nafissa Thompson-Spires (born 1983) is an African American writer. Her first book, Heads of the Colored People (2019), won the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction , the PEN/Open Book Award , and a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for fiction.
Nafissa Thompson-Spires: Heads of the Colored People (paperback) Nominee [17] Sheila Brooks and Clint C. Wilson II Lucile H. Bluford and the Kansas City Call: Activist Voice for Social Justice: Nominee [17] 2020 Hal Banfield: I Am Dance: Words and Images of the Black Dancer: Winner [18] Erica Campbell
Nafissa Thompson-Spires: Heads of the Colored People: Winner [22] [23] [24] Wayétu Moore: She Would Be King: Finalist [23] Jamel Brinkley: A Lucky Man: Finalist [23] Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: Friday Black: Nominee [23] David Chariandy: Brother: Nominee Esi Edugyan: Washington Black: Nominee 2020 Curdella Forbes: A Tall History of Sugar: Winner ...
Nafissa Thompson-Spires: Heads of the Colored People: Winner [41] Lisa Halliday: Asymmetry: Finalist [42] Katya Apekina: The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish: R. O. Kwon: The Incendiaries: Tommy Orange: There There: 2019 Namwali Serpell: The Old Drift: Winner [43] [44] De’Shawn Charles Winslow: In West Mills: Finalist [45] Sarah Elaine ...
A local St. Louis, Missouri, news station apologized after facing backlash for describing minority homeowners as "colored" during a broadcast.
Nafissa Thompson-Spires: Karen Chilton "Lucy Terry Prince" 1749–1754 Dorothy E. Roberts: Jamal Henderson "Race and the Enlightenment" 1754–1759 Kyle T. Mays David Sadzin "Blackness and Indigeneity" 1759–1764 Tiya Miles: Kristen Ariza "One Black Boy: The Great Lakes and the Midwest" 1764–1769 Alexis Pauline Gumbs: Shayna Small "Phillis ...
Gus and Emma Thompson rented to the Dong family when no one else would. Decades later the Dongs have found a way to say thanks with a $5-million gift. A Black couple defied racism by renting to a ...
Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz. referred to Black people as "colored people" Thursday in floor debate over his proposed amendment to an annual defense policy bill, prompting a stern rebuke from the former ...