October 2016 – African deep thought

I am reading The New Jim Crow in preparation for a class that I teach on inequality and social policy. As I read I keep thinking to myself, “This is why Black people emigrate from America.” I know that emigration

Nat Turner and the (re)birthing of historical memory

October 9, 2016

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History

I just watched The Birth of a Nation with a local rites-of-passage program that I help to coordinate. The film is quite riveting. I did not watch it expecting a historically accurate rendition of the life of Nat Turner. I

African deep thought

Month: October 2016

Borne aloft on the ages old dreams of those that have come before

Nat Turner and the (re)birthing of historical memory