The Black Poet’s Journey Through the Iron Curtain
In late July 1955, after sailing to France and then taking a train to Poland, the Brazilian Black poet Solano
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Black Resistance and Lynching Memory: An Interview with Mari N. Crabtree Part II
Today’s post is the second part of Black Perspectives’ regular contributor, Menika Dirkson interview of Mari N. Crabtree on her
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Aaron Douglas’ History Lesson on the Responsibility of Black Artists
In an interview with Fisk University professor Leslie Collins, Harlem Renaissance painter and educator Aaron Douglas recalled his admiration for
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Norman Lewis and the Responsibility of Presentness
This post is part of our forum on Black Intellectuals and the Crisis of Democracy. The general consensus, scholarly and lay,
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On Ambivalence, Revision, and the Remarkable Life of Lorraine Hansberry
This post is part of our online roundtable on Soyica Diggs Colbert’s Radical Vision Among the many things that captured my
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