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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Black Identity
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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The Complicated History of Race and Mardi Gras
Another carnival season is underway. In New Orleans it can be a time of eager anticipation during the historic, festive
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Jumping the Broom and the American Cultural Divide
Many people in the 21st century became familiar with jumping the broom through the 1977 miniseries Roots in a wedding scene
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Chokwe Lumumba and Black Nationalist Convergence
Eight months into his tenure as mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, Chokwe Lumumba passed away on February 25, 2014. The sixty-six-year-old mayor
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