“Free the Land!”: Fifty Years of the Republic of New Afrika
An impressive assortment of Black radicals gathered to sign the Declaration of Independence. It was not Philadelphia 1776, of course,
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Black Identity
Islam, Art, and Intersectional Identity
Until recently, when I thought of Islamic art I thought immediately of structures like the Mezquita in Cordoba, Spain. Now
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A Primary Moral Position: Black Feminism and Self-Possession
*A version of this essay originally appeared on Public Seminar, as part of its Race/isms Book Forum on The Making of Black Lives Matter:
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Blackness, Gender, and the Non-normative
*A version of this essay originally appeared on Public Seminar, as part of its Race/isms Book Forum on The Making of Black Lives Matter:
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Representing HBCUs: Spike Lee’s “School Daze” at 30
On the night of February 11, 2018, the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) hosted two sold out screenings for the
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