What is Happening in Waller County?: Sandra Bland and the Sister Comrades Who #sayhername
On Friday, July 10, 2015, just outside of the campus of Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) in Waller County, a
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Conversion and Hypocrisy: Reflections on the Challenges of Teaching about the Christianity of Slaves and Masters
“…between the Christianity of this land, and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference — so wide,
Read moreTa-Nehisi Coates, David Brooks, and the Master Narrative of American History
I love Ta-Nehisi Coates. David Brooks…not so much. Biases disclosed, their squabble—if one can even call it that—exposes
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Nothing is Impossible: Black History and Black Futures as a Flag Falls
At dawn on June 27, 2015, Bree Newsome (with support from local activists) scaled the flag pole in front of
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Photo: Opponents of local civil rights activists raise a Confederate flag in the Bronx, July 1963 *** Over the years,
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