The History of Black Evangelicals and American Politics
During the 2016 presidential election cycle, pundits and pollsters discussed the “evangelical” vote and whether the Republican candidate—a twice-divorced casino
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Black Identity
Black Masculinity in Comic Books: An Interview with Jonathan Gayles
This month, I interviewed Dr. Jonathan Gayles, Associate Professor of African-American Studies and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Learning at Georgia
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Ramp Your Voice: An Interview with Vilissa Thompson
This month I interviewed Vilissa Thompson about her work as the founder and CEO of Ramp Your Voice!, an organization that promotes
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Zora Neale Hurston’s Radical Black Love
by Ayesha Hardison and Randal Maurice Jelks When Zora Neale Hurston published Their Eyes Were Watching God in 1937, she
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“Held in Trust by History:” The Intellectual Activism of Lerone Bennett Jr.
On the morning of December 11, 2016, a notice in the Chicago area news read as follows: “Author Lerone Bennett
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