Resource Guide: 'Homegoing' by Yaa Gyasi

Learn about research happening at the Folger in real time! Each month, Folger Institute scholar and artist fellows will share their most exciting finds and thought-provoking challenges, followed by casual open conversation.

In this small solo exhibition, artist Dominick Porras pairs research with his own linguistic and cultural knowledge of the Coahuiltecan peoples to complicate ideas of contact, survival, and transformation.

For this year’s celebration, the O.B. Hardison Poetry Series is excited to partner with Mosaic Theater Company to celebrate the life, legacy, and mission of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with an exclusive performance of a scene from Mosaic’s highly-anticipated theater production, Young John Lewis: Prodigy of Protest.

Award-winning poet María Fernanda—whose works explore the intimacy of sisterhood, the anchor of intergenerational coexistence, and grief—will also present historic passages, speeches, and a selection of poems written by herself, June Jordan, Nikki Giovanni, and other notable voices.