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A Nigger Un-Reconstructed: The Legacy of Richard Pryor by Mark Anthony Neal “Unreconstructed Black men don’t have the manners of their reconstructed ‘Negro’ brethren, who are always trying to put a ‘civilized’ face…

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“There was a world of junkies and winos, pool hustlers and prostitutes, women and family screaming inside my head, trying to be heard.”

A Nigger Un-Reconstructed: The Legacy of #RichardPryor
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Am I Black Enough For You? The Legacy of Billy Paul by Mark Anthony Neal Billy Paul was a grown man of 37 years-old when he registered his first and only Pop hit with the classic “Me and Mrs. Jones.” But to think…

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“in my case, that meant singing like a horn player. I’d always been a John Coltrane fan—he was from Philly; you know, and he told me once he wanted to be a singer and that’s why he played the way he did. Well, I sang the way he blew."
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YouTube video by John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke U. Left of Black | Daniel Royles on HIV/AIDS & the Black Community

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Daniel Royles joined #LeftOfBlack
to discuss his book 'To Make the Wounded Whole: The African American Struggle Against HIV/AIDS' (@uncpress.bsky.social)
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I still love that line in Biz! 🔥 #ShirleyChisholm #NobodyBeatsTheBiz 😆

I regularly write her in instead of Jeffries in her old district

“I’m the Head the Nigger in Charge…”: The Legacy of Robert Guillaume by Mark Anthony Neal The above quote is taken from the film Lean On Me (1989), a biopic of New Jersey educator Joe “bat man” Clark. Ostensibly a star turn for…

"Of the character of “Benson,” Guillaume wrote, “For a Black man the material was complex. The character was irreverent. The question was, how to express such irreverence?…I saw Benson as Mantan Moreland’s revenge...”

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YouTube video by John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke U. Left of Black | Dr. Casarae Abdul-Ghani on Civil Unrest and the Black Arts Movement

In this S13 episode of #LeftOfBlack, Casarae Lavada Abdul-Ghani joined host Mark Anthony Neal to discuss her book 'Start a Riot! Civil Unrest in Black Arts Movement Drama, Fiction, and Poetry'
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A Peerless Genius: Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ by Mark Anthony Neal Michael Jackson was fifteen years into a professional singing career when Thriller was released on November 30, 1982, but nearly a decade…

"For those who read Jackson’s ever devolving facial features as some evidence of racial self-hatred, “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” is Jackson’s unspoken retort, as he summoned the Orishas in a way never experienced in American pop music."
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"Reagan is the Pres but I voted for #ShirleyChisholm" -- Biz Markie

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Meet the Members of Mamdani’s Arts and Culture Transition Committee Mellon Foundation President Elizabeth Alexander, curator Kimberly Drew, and The Kitchen Executive Director Legacy Russell are among the 28 members of the advisory team.

Meet the Members of Mamdani’s Arts and Culture Transition Committee

Mellon Foundation President Elizabeth Alexander, curator Kimberly Drew, and The Kitchen Executive Director Legacy Russell are among the 28 members of the advisory team
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Frankie too is a Sagittarius
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YouTube video by John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke U. Left of Black | Sheryll Cashin on the Systematic Taking of Resources from Marginalized Communities

Sheryll Cashin, the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Civil Rights and Social Justice at Georgetown and former clerk for Thurgood Marshall joins #LeftOfBlack to discuss her book 'White Space, Black Hood: Opportunity Hoarding & Segregation in the Age of Inequality'
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"From an award-winning historian of Black radical politics comes the definitive biography of Audley Moore—mother of modern Black Nationalism and trailblazer in the fight for reparations." -- @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
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A legacy of equality: Revisiting the Highlander Folk School and its role in the American civil rights movement | Mark I. Pinsky
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Jazz Artist Nnenna Freelon Discusses New Book, Grief, And Hair | Essence The jazz artist opens up to ESSENCE exclusively about her new book and jazz album, her grief and hair journey, and finding hope through it all.

'“grief does factor into the conversation about hair. Grief and hair are tied together,” she notes. Nnenna Freelon recalls the moment she looked in the mirror during COVID-19 lockdown and realized the person staring back at her was a widow.'
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Motown and Berry Gordy’s Wildest Dreams by Mark Anthony Neal Ain’t Too Proud — The Life and Times of the Temptations is a Tony Award winning musical about a group of young Black men, who came of age…

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'Berry Gordy, Jr. is the very embodiment of the so-called American Dream and hid record company, Motown, might be the most recognizable African American brand of the 20th century.'

Motown and #BerryGordy’s Wildest Dreams
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‘BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions’ Review: An Artist’s Mind-Expanding Collage

‘BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions’ Review: An Artist’s Mind-Expanding Collage

In this dazzling essay movie, the director Kahlil Joseph draws on an array of sources—news clips, old movies, family albums, an encyclopedia of "Africana"—to create a thrilling whole
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We're not buying what Trump enablers sell this Black Friday | Opinion | LaTosha Brown

Support a Black or locally owned business. Keep your money in your community. Let's show them what happens when we stop playing a game rigged against us
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THIS. Also through redlining - when home damage happens and your insurance company refuses to cover the cost of repair, it often forces families to abandon their homes.

Do not disagree. Don't Leave Me This Way is a vocal masterpiece.

Solange Knowles Wants to Lend You a Book

Solange Knowles Wants to Lend You a Book

The Grammy winner, now a scholar in residence at U.S.C., is expanding a one-of-a-kind library featuring rare books by writers of color. (Just mind the due date.)
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YouTube video by CBS Sunday Morning Korean fried chicken: The other KFC

'The growing popularity of Korean fried chicken reflects a greater familiarity with Korean culture. But its origins can be traced to an American cookbook dating back to when African American soldiers fought in the Korean War.'
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Marvin Gaye is may favorite singer; but that's not the argument that I was making.

The Legend of Teddy Pendergrass by Mark Anthony Neal With no disrespect to Al Green, Marvin Gaye and Barry White, Teddy Pendergrass’s voice defined the male Soul singer the 1970s. This claim…

"With no disrespect to Al Green, Marvin Gaye and Barry White, Teddy Pendergrass’s voice defined the male Soul singer the 1970s."

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Black Friday boycotts: ‘Mass Blackout’ and ‘We Ain’t Buying It’ protests will target Trump and billionaires. Here’s what to know Grassroots movements are urging Americans to refuse to shop this Thanksgiving holiday and Black Friday to protest the country’s widening wealth gap.

Black Friday boycotts: ‘Mass Blackout’ and ‘We Ain’t Buying It’ protests will target Trump and billionaires.

Grassroots movements are urging Americans to refuse to shop or even work this Thanksgiving to send a message about the widening wealth gap.
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Forget Trump’s myths: The real land theft is in Detroit, not South Africa - The Boston Globe The story the nation should focus on is one far closer to home: Black homeowners in Detroit whose homes have been stolen through inflated property tax bills and foreclosures.

Forget Trump’s myths: The real land theft is in Detroit, not South Africa

The story the nation should focus on is one far closer to home: Black homeowners in Detroit whose homes have been stolen through inflated property tax bills and foreclosures.
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YouTube video by PBS North Carolina The Language of Black America | Black Issues Forum

.@mypbsnc.bsky.social Host Kenia Thompson sits down with Dr. Mark Anthony Neal, Duke University Professor in the Department of African and African American Studies, to explore the beauty, complexity and cultural power of Black language.
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