Rust Belt Resilience: The History of Buffalo’s Colored Musicians Club
When I first heard of the Buffalo mass shooting from my residence in California, I immediately reached out to my
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A Mortal Man’s Heart: Kendrick Lamar and Black Masculinity
We haven’t heard from Kendrick Lamar (as far as solo projects) since the 2017 Pulitzer Prize winning album DAMN. Kendrick
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Robert Rayford, State Violence, and AIDS in Black America
In the forty-one years since doctors first recognized what would become known as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) among gay
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Recovering the History of Black Showgirls in Las Vegas
Las Vegas has a long and glamorous entertainment history that evokes images of tuxedo clad crooners, female singers in elegant
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The Killing of Charles Bush by Las Vegas Police
In the early morning of July 31, 1990, Terri Siddoway left her apartment and journeyed toward a nearby convenience store
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