“…prisoners held within self-imposed walls that hold their innate genius and vast potential hostage”
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Black People Need More Representation And Fewer ‘Representatives’ | Huffington Post
There’s a difference between having representation and having representatives.
View MoreWhose Nation? The Art of Black Power | The New York Review of Books
“Soul of a Nation,” which originated at the Tate Modern in London, features some 170 works made by black artists between 1963 and 1983.
View MoreYes, the Martin Luther King Jr. Estate Approved That Ram Trucks Super Bowl Ad | Slate
The use of King’s voice in the ad wasn’t just jarring for its tastelessness
View MoreWyatt Tee Walker, Dr. King’s Strategist and a Harlem Leader, Dies at 88 | The New York Times
“If it wasn’t for Birmingham, there wouldn’t have been a Selma march, there wouldn’t have been a 1965 civil rights bill.”
View MoreNew Studies Find That Positive Feelings About Blackness Improve Academic Performance for Black Girls | The Root
“We found that feeling positive about being Black, and feeling support and belonging at school, may be especially important for African-American girls’ classroom engagement and curiosity…”
View MoreFountain Street Church, George Bayard collaborate to bring “African American Artists Tell the Story” to community | CulturedGR
An exhibit of 10 African American artists’ work, from local to nationally known, opened January 7, with a reception Tuesday, January 16. The exhibit presents work that places African American experience in the context of the American experience.
View MoreTa-Nehisi Coates on Cornel West’s One-Sided War | The Atlantic
Coates says he is “mystified as anybody else” over West’s critique.
View MoreMeshell Ndegeocello Previews New Covers LP With Prince Song | Rolling Stone
Hear singer-songwriter’s “Sometimes It Snows in April” and Force MDs’ “Tender Love” from new ‘Ventriloquism’ album.
View MoreThe Long Rise and Fast Fall of New York’s Black Mafia | Daily Beast
‘You can’t become known as a gangster. Once you’re known you’re finished. The old-timers understood that.’
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