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Zeek Burse’s “Broke Man” and the Legacy of the Radical Blues

On his 2017 album XXII, vocal artist Zeek Burse features Paralee Knight on a track Knight co-wrote called “Broke Man.” The song moves

The 1830s was the high-tide of Jacksonianism, an era many historians consider the nadir of early American history. Although universal

*The following post is an abridged version of Fredrick Douglass‘ famed speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of

Few people passing through Baltimore’s Fell’s Point neighborhood ever step onto the 500 block of South Dallas Street. The narrow

This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History