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Sidney Poitier – Hollywood’s first Black leading man reflected the civil rights movement on screen

by lisadtinsley February 22, 2022

Aram Goudsouzian – Bizot Family Professor of History, University of Memphis In the summer of 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. introduced the keynote speaker for the 10th-anniversary convention banquet of…

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Chief Keef changed the music industry – and it’s time he gets the credit he deserves

by lisadtinsley November 30, 2021

Jabari Evans – Assistant Professor of Race and Media, University of South Carolina Before he was arrested in December 2011, Chief Keef was a 16-year-old budding rap star. He’d released…

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R. Kelly was aided by a network of complicity – common in workplace abuse – that enabled crimes to go on for decades

by lisadtinsley November 1, 2021

R&B singer R. Kelly was found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking charges on Sept 27, 2021, having been exposed as the ringleader of a decades-long scheme to recruit girls, boys and…

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November 1, 2021 0 comment 381 views
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What’s behind the magic of live music?

by lisadtinsley October 27, 2021

For months, fans were relegated to watching their favorite singers and musicians over Zoom or via webcasts. Now, live shows – from festivals like Lollapalooza to Broadway musicals – are officially back. The songs…

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October 27, 2021 0 comment 457 views
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In ‘Rumors,’ Lizzo and Cardi B pull from the ancient Greeks, putting a new twist on an old tradition

by lisadtinsley September 7, 2021

Grace B. McGowan – PhD Candidate in American Studies, Boston University It isn’t often that a pop star releases a music video that aligns so well with my academic research. But…

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September 7, 2021 0 comment 519 views
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How Black writers and journalists have wielded punctuation in their activism

by lisadtinsley August 25, 2021

Written by Eurie Dahn – Associate Professor of English, The College of Saint Rose Using punctuation and capitalization as a form of protest doesn’t exactly scream radicalism. But in debates…

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August 25, 2021 0 comment 321 views
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Tracing the history of farming across Africa gives clues to low production outputs

by lisadtinsley August 17, 2021

Henning Bjornlund – Professor, Business School, University of South Australia; André F. van Rooyen – Principal Scientist, Innovation Systems for the Drylands., CGIAR System Organization; Vibeke Bjornlund – Researcher,School of…

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August 17, 2021 0 comment 362 views
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How Aretha Franklin asserted control over her career, paving the way for female musicians

by lisadtinsley August 14, 2021

Adam Gustafson Assistant Teaching Professor of Music, Penn State “I need a change,” Aretha Franklin says at one point in “Respect,” the new film starring Jennifer Hudson as the Queen…

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Four Haitian novels that beautifully blend history, memory and reality

by lisadtinsley August 14, 2021

Marlene Daut – Professor of African Diaspora Studies, University of Virginia Following the July 7, 2021 assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse and after one Haitian official requested that the…

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There’s a long history of dances being pilfered for profit – and TikTok is the latest battleground

by lisadtinsley July 29, 2021

Jill Vasbinder Senior Lecturer in Dance, University of Maryland, Baltimore County In January 2020, 14-year-old Jalaiah Harmon created what would become one of the biggest viral dance sensations on TikTok.…

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