The Black intellectual-activist Hubert Harrison espoused a “kaleidoscopic radicalism,” critiquing injustices of all sorts: racial segregation, exploitative capitalism, oppressive colonialism, even sexual convention. In Hubert Harrison: Forbidden Genius of Black…
…the tale of a celebrated Alabama quilter. The Alabama Shakespeare Festival commissioned and first staged the historical drama, which won an American Theatre Critics Association award. That led to productions…
…it’s their individual and collective longings that spur some of Norris’ most vivid writing. The opening story includes these lines: “They’ve been through enough already. Haven’t they been through enough…
…for a new generation. If young readers aren’t aware of the connection between creating music and activism, Duncan encourages them to listen to Mary Lou Williams’ Black Christ of the…
…and even came to share: “I have everything in me that wants to numb out, too.” His death came as a shock. “My life as I knew it was completely…
…own mental health. From estrangement to reconciliation to healing, identities that bind them weren’t so hidden all along. As the essays progress, Powell-Ingabire questions who gets to tell our stories,…
