On Nostalgia: HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ and Black Religion in Three Sacred Facts
*This post is part of our online forum organized by Ahmad Greene-Hayes on HBO’s hit series Watchmen. Warning: This essay
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Author: Rhon Manigault-Bryant
Sometime Between: Living Archives and the Power of Black Agency
This post is the introduction to our online roundtable on Judith Weisenfeld’s New World A-Coming In the opening pages of New World A-Coming: Black
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33 Counts, 70 Bullets, and A Chilling Confession
F.B.I. Agent Michael Stansbury: “Um, look, can you tell us about what happened last night?” Dylann Storm Roof: “Uh (pauses),
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An Open Letter to White Liberal Feminists
Dear White Liberal Feminists, After Donald J. Trump’s election to the highest and most powerful political office of the United
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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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