Ta-Nehisi Coates, David Brooks, and the Master Narrative of American History
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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Nothing is Impossible: Black History and Black Futures as a Flag Falls
At dawn on June 27, 2015, Bree Newsome (with support from local activists) scaled the flag pole in front of
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“Body and Soul, Black America reveals the extreme questions of contemporary life, questions of freedom and identity: How can I be
Read moreInsanity, the Historian, and the Slave Catcher: “Capturing” Black Voices
First an episode from nineteenth-century Brazil: in 1895 Raimundo Nina Rodrigues, a forensic psychiatrist at the University of Bahia in
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Dispatches from Shondalandia by a Slavery Historian (Vol. 2)
“I am not yours.” – Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope, Scandal 2 X 3 “You might be Command, Dad, but
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