Straight Outta Compton and the Power of Black Women’s “Side Stories”
When director F. Gary Gray chose to cut the scene depicting rap producer Dr. Dre’s infamous assault on journalist Dee Barnes, then-TV
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The OTHER Sin of Omission in “Straight Outta Compton”
Today’s guest post was written by Andrea Milne, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History at University of California,
Read moreFighting like Fannie Lou: On Bernie Sanders, Black Lives Matter, and the Democratic Process
On August 8th, 2015, Black Lives Matter “shut down” a Bernie Sanders presidential campaign event in Seattle, Washington. Taking the
Read moreWhat is Happening in Waller County?: Sandra Bland and the Sister Comrades Who #sayhername
On Friday, July 10, 2015, just outside of the campus of Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) in Waller County, a
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“With all of the ‘riff raff’ happening in Baltimore”
I am pleased to announce that I accepted a job offer at Towson University, which is in the Baltimore community!
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