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“Too Long Have Others Spoken For Us”: A History of Black News Media
From Abolition Papers to BET, How Have Black People Spread the News? In today’s digital world, black people can get
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MUST READ: Black History, The “Lost Cause”, & Winning The War
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What’s God Got to Do With It?: Christianity and Capitalism in the Land of the Free
Below is an excerpt from my upcoming book, Angry Black Girl. Few things annoy me more than hearing a wealthy
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Fuck The Pledge of Allegiance
This is an essay from my upcoming book, Angry Black Girl. I was inspired to release it early after reading
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The White Kind of Victim: Katrina, Harvey, and Fears of the Future
“Who is Katrina?” I asked my mother curiously. Just moments before I had been in the kitchen slapping together a
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Identity Theft
This essay originally appeared in "The A-Z Guide To Black Oppression", available for purchase here. I was in enrolled in
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The Black Church: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Disclaimer #1- “Black Churches” is an umbrella term. It is not meant to be monolithic. The thousands of black churches
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The Sticky Relationship Between Evangelism, Racism, and American Schools
In February 1956, the pastor of the largest congregation in the Southern Baptist Convention, W.A. Criswell, stood before a sea
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How Black Twitter Revitalized Black Power
When I first joined twitter in 2009, I didn't see the point. I, like pretty much everyone else who ventured