CFP: Hip Hop at 50
The music journalist Sidney Shaw, the leading female character in the 2002 movie Brown Sugar, opened each of her interviews
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Queen Latifah and the Legacies of Black Power
Dana Elaine Owens, also known as Queen Latifah, is renowned for her dynamic acting roles in films and TV series
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The Untethered Tongue: Lifting the Black Feminine Voice in Jazz
What is freedom? Freedom is existing unrestrained in thoughts, actions, and achievements but is not absolved from the world’s reactions
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Billie Holiday and the Black Arts Movement
The Black Arts Movement (BAM) was a controversial, politically charged cultural uprising, which James Smethurst, in his eponymous study of
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Skate Culture and Black Women Rollin’
This post is part of our forum on Bounce Music. Toes, heels, slides, and glides, it’s all about the beat! Black
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