On W. E. B. Du Bois and Poetry
*This post is part of our online forum on W.E.B. Du Bois @ 150. At Carnegie Hall on February 23, 1964, Lorraine Hansberry
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American identity
An Alternative View of Du Bois’s Talented Tenth
*This post is part of our online forum on W.E.B. Du Bois @ 150. W. E. B. Du Bois published one of his
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Mississippi’s Civil Rights Museum: Reflections from a Native Daughter
Several weeks ago, I attended the opening activities for the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson. The museum represents a long-overdue,
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“Black Enuf*”: A New Animated Documentary on Black Queer Identity
This post is part of my blog series that announces the release of new films in African American History and African Diaspora Studies.
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Like Praying: Puerto Rico on a Map
“Although the plantation tradition has been relegated to the dustbin of history by some social theorists, it continues to survive
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