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I remember the Nabuco one, from the cover.

Great, more non-English projects please!

I BC-ed The Book of American Negro Poetry a couple of years ago, which might be of interest here:

https://librivox.org/the-book-of-american-negro-poetry-by-james-weldon-johnson/

Am I too late?

Your Negro neighbor

https://librivox.org/your-negro-neighbor-by-benjamin-griffith-brawley/

A Century of Negro Migration

https://librivox.org/a-century-of-negro-migration-by-carter-woodson/

The Chicago Race Riots, July 1919

https://librivox.org/the-chicago-race-riots-july-1919-by-carl-sandburg/

Excellent, thank you guys!

Though probably too tangential, the most famous great-grandfather of Alexander Pushkin, Russia's national poet, was a Black African.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abram_Petrovich_Gannibal

Michael

How interesting, wouldn't have guessed!

As long as we don't have a book by or about him, yes, I'm afraid it's a bit too obscure a reference.

Maybe another year, after someone records his biography written by his most famous great-grandson...

May be something from the prolific Alexandre Dumas?

There are works in French but also in English and Spanish

https://librivox.org/author/431?primary_key=431&search_category=author&search_page=1&search_form=get_results

One with a potential relevant title but may be not contents is the Black Tulip.

Or someone (else) from this collection of biographies Unsung Heroes

https://librivox.org/unsung-heroes-by-elizabeth-ross-haynes/

Cheers

Basquetteur

Interesting, thank you!

Hello!
I'd like to recommend a very bright, funny and misterious Christmas Eve read in Ukrainian as a solo https://librivox.org/2-evenings-on-a-farm-near-dikanka-christmas-eve-by-nikolai-vasilievich-gogol/ which I feel would be especially appropriate for winter)

Thank you

Thank you! I have just watched a very old silent movie based on that story - it is fun indeed!

The staff has picked for February - thanks for your many suggestions! Please have a look at this page for the current pickings. You can also check out our wiki page for a plain vanilla list that will contain all the staff picks for this year plus the readers once I get around to set it up...

After this rather dark and serious topic we should lighten up a little - let's go on a little pulpy romp with

Science Fiction and Outer Space

So, for the next month, I'd like to see suggestions about space explorations, strange suns and planets, aliens of course, robots, time travel, utopias... As long as it's fun and light, it'll be great.

Especially welcome are suggestions of plays and poetry.

As always: All languages welcome!

How about a Time-Machine crazy story in Spanish? https://librivox.org/el-anacronopete-by-enrique-gaspar-y-rimbau/

Do you want PD-worldwide? There's so much that's only PD in the USA.

This one's a play, but only PD in the USA and Canada (and other Life+50 countries): https://librivox.org/rur-rossums-universal-robots-by-karel-capek/

I focus on PD US because most of the pulp we have is from the 50s. Can't be helped. Some of these might be pd Australia though. I know a handful of other language sci-fi too, but more ideas are welcome! If all else fails, there's always Jules Verne.

Edit: That one's not PD Canada - check the translator...