Social Death and Insurgent Discourses in Jordan Peele’s “Get Out”
*Editor’s Note: This essay contains spoilers* As Jordan Peele’s blockbuster hit Get Out progresses, Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya) discovers that
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Race
#AAIHS2017: Reflecting on the Past’s Presence 2.0
I recently attended the second annual AAIHS meeting at Vanderbilt University. I had the good fortune to attend the inaugural
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Race and Civil Rights Dramas in Hollywood
This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of Stanley Kramer’s Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, starring the iconic Sidney Poitier. During the
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Howard University and the Dream Sequence
The idea of “the Dream Sequence” was introduced to me by Howard alum and former professor Acklyn Lynch, a figure
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“An Outrage”: A New Film about Lynching in the American South
This post is part of a new blog series that announces the release of new films in African American History
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