Zeek Burse’s “Broke Man” and the Legacy of the Radical Blues
On his 2017 album XXII, vocal artist Zeek Burse features Paralee Knight on a track Knight co-wrote called “Broke Man.” The song moves
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Interracial Intimacy in America: An Interview with Sheryll Cashin
In today’s post, Melody Shaff, a student in Political Science at Boston University, interviews Sheryll D. Cashin about her new book Loving: Interracial
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The Subversive Praxis of Black Beauty and Wealth
Having rocked the cosmetics industry last month with her new line of products, Fenty Beauty, pop star Rihanna (née Robyn
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Black Power in Papua New Guinea
The Black Power Movement stretched across the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific ocean worlds in both expected and surprising ways. Scholarship
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Beyond Monuments: African Americans Contesting Civil War Memory
As monuments to white supremacists, slavery-defenders, and Confederate leaders continue to be torn down by politicians or by the people’s
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