On Public Art, Historical Memory, and Racial Violence
In 1919, two dozen race riots broke out across the United States, and the collective racial terror traumatized Black communities.
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Performance
Celebrating Gospel Music After the Civil Rights Era
Late in March 2021, Black Twitter became enraptured by a leaked call between critically acclaimed gospel artist, Kirk Franklin, and
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Black Women’s Contributions to Hip-Hop Beyond the Mic
When Wu-Tang Clan’s Ol’ Dirty Bastard (ODB) adorned his 1995 debut album, Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version,
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Black Theatre Manuscripts as an Archive of Black Radicalism–An Author’s Response
*This post is part of our joint online roundtable with The Journal of Civil and Human Rights on Kate Dossett’s Radical Black Theatre in The
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Contesting the Stage
*This post is part of our joint online roundtable with The Journal of Civil and Human Rights on Kate Dossett’s Radical
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