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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
Food HistoryLooking Back
Hungry History: The Average American Diet Through The Centuries
In 2017 America, if you have the privilege, you can pretty much order whatever food you want in under a
Black Girl MagicLooking BackPop Culture
Over Marilyn Monroe? Get Into These Three Black Bombshells From The Mid-Twentieth Century
Uh, Picasso was alive he woulda made her That's right nigga Mona Lisa can't fade her I mean Marilyn Monroe,
Long ReadLooking BackRace Convosreligion
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
PoliticsThe Donald Dump LedgerThe Trump Ledger
The Trump Tracker: Week Nineteen
Gorging myself daily on the antics of Donald Trump and his administration over the next four years will not be
Lexual's LifeLong ReadLooking ForwardPop Culture
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
Food HistoryLooking Back
Hungry History: Death and Last Meals
Death and food are two inevitable parts of life. Everyone dies- and everyone
Fast HistoryLooking Back
Fast History: Rent Parties
"The rent party tradition, where African Americans converted daytime residential apartments into nighttime speakeasies and charged guests a modest fee
Fast HistoryLooking Back
Fast History: Japan’s Black Samurai
He was the first and only. Yasuke was an African samurai who
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