Serial, unpermitted marches; a die-in on a major bridge; even overnight encampment at City Hall did not get #BlackLivesMatter concerns into meetings with the Mayor/ Police Commissioner in…
While drafting the post Half-white Slaves of Aristocratic Masters at my blog, I acknowledged that Edward Ball, in his text, The Sweet Hell Inside: The Rise of an Elite Black Family in…
On 1 March, performer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte celebrated his 88th birthday. On 8 November last year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Belafonte with its Jean…
Anthony Anaxagorou, a surprisingly erudite, young scholar, 'schools us' in a broader appreciation of what shapes belief structures we circulate blithely as cultural currency. Watch what he has to say on the evolution…
Thank you for the admonition, Prinny. (See her post, You Discovered a Slave Owner in Your Family Tree? here.) Granted, it was at Race Talks, an ongoing community forum in…