On W. E. B. Du Bois and Poetry
*This post is part of our online forum on W.E.B. Du Bois @ 150. At Carnegie Hall on February 23, 1964, Lorraine Hansberry
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The Nubian Body, African Aesthetics, and Cultural Imagination
The excitement over the much-anticipated African-themed superhero film, Black Panther, has reached fever pitch among African Americans and Black communities
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Rap Dreams in South Central: An Interview with Jooyoung Lee
In today’s post, Darryl Robertson, a graduate student at Fordham University, interviews Jooyoung Lee about his new book, Blowin’ Up: Rap Dreams in South Central, which
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Rediscovering Hip-Hop’s Early Years: An Interview with Joseph Ewoodzie
In today’s post, Darryl Robertson, a graduate student at Fordham University, interviews Joseph C. Edwoodzie about his new book Break Beats in
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Like Praying: Puerto Rico on a Map
“Although the plantation tradition has been relegated to the dustbin of history by some social theorists, it continues to survive
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