Reflections on Race, Diaspora, and Nation
“People of African descent, wherever they reside, should always be mindful that national struggles can never be disentangled from diasporic
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Braveheart for Black People: A Review of Birth of a Nation
I was invited to see Nate Parker’s dramatic retelling of Nat Turner’s 1831 rebellion right before it opened to the
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Making the American Syllabus: Hashtag Syllabi in Historical Perspective
Hashtag syllabi such as #FergusonSyllabus and #CharlestonSyllabus assemble critical intellectual resources and promote collective study both within and outside of
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Mass Incarceration and Its Mystification: A Review of The 13th
When prisoners in Alabama last spring proposed a national strike to protest “prison slavery,” they called out the infamous clause
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Haunting Harmonies: Filmic Sounds in 12 Years a Slave and The Birth of a Nation
The recent release of The Birth of a Nation (Fox Searchlight, 2016) has resulted in a surprising blaze of dissonant
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