THE DEVASTATION OF BLACK WALL STREET
In 1921, Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Greenwood District, known as Black Wall Street, was one of the most prosperous African-American communities in th
The Black Aesthetic: Lyrical Dominance in Kendrick Lamar’s Damn
Kendrick Lamar’s latest album Damn maintains his position as the most profound rap lyricist alive. With songs such as “DNA” Kendrick...
The Black Aesthetic: Guns & Execution in TI’s Us or Else
As an impassioned advocate of the Black Lives Matter movement and hip-hop’s resistance to Trump, Tip “T.I.” Harris is a socially...
The Black Aesthetic: Death, Mourning, and Celebration in Prince’s “Sometimes It Snows in April” and
When Prince Rogers Nelson died on April 21, 2016, his fans were shook by his untimely death. Many wondered if Prince himself foresaw the...
Conversations with Colson Whitehead by Kimberly Fain
Pulitzer Prize winner, Colson Whitehead is the James Baldwin of our times. Globally, he’s an imminent force on the literary scene. Colson...
ESSAY: ON THE GORSUCH NOMINATION -- AND REMEMBERING THURGOOD MARSHALL
President Trump has offered us, so far, quite a first 100 days. There has been the political whiplash, after eight years of our first...
The Black Aesthetic: Sexuality in Beyoncé’s Grammy Award Winning Lemonade
From a sea of beautiful black faces, honey-colored tresses tumble from a golden crown. A pregnant belly hides twins beneath Beyoncé’s...
The Black Aesthetic: Musical Revolution in Childish Gambino’s Awaken, My Love!
Lay back as you listen to Awaken, My Love! by Childish Gambino, and thoughts of social turmoil will disturb your rest. Amid his poetic...
REVIEW: COLSON WHITEHEAD BRILLIANTLY REIMAGINES THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Doubleday Books 320 pp. In his latest literary tour de force, The Underground Railroad,...
VIRAL BLACK DEATH: WHY WE MUST WATCH CITIZEN VIDEOS OF POLICE VIOLENCE
Every time a video of police violence against black citizens is posted on the internet, we are confronted with a choice: to watch or not...
