James Baldwin Review
In his 2010 CD Sophomore Slump, the Jackson, Mississippi-based artist Skipp Coon rapped in the opening track “James,” “From where
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Black Death: Gore, Geographies and the Gallows in Jamaica
One evening, on a road in Jamaica, a soldier belonging to the “Mulatto Company” made his evening rounds. He came
Read moreGo for Broke: #WallerCountySyllabus
As a result of events in Ferguson related to the death of Michael Brown, last summer Georgetown University history professor
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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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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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