A sociology professor uses the popular ‘Boondocks’ cartoon to explore contemporary issues of race in American society.
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Paul Laurence Dunbar became the first Black writer to earn international acclaim through his poetry, essays and musical lyrics.
Theatre censorship laws stifled Black playwrights for more than 200 years – here’s what we found in the archive.
Black Twitter has played a significant role in shaping the platform. In the wake of Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, questions are being asked over the community’s future.
Black Twitter is often the preferred forum for candid and authentic Black-centered discussions on police brutality. Without it, holding police accountable may become even more difficult.
Black artists have been fundamental to the history of alternative music – the introduction of the Mobos’ alternative category mustn’t forget that.
Even though Afrofuturist works are set in fictional worlds, they provide a blueprint for social, political and economic systems free from exploitation and oppression.
If bars are forced to restrict people’s movement in our post-coronavirus pandemic world, they will lose some of their most important social functions.
Fifty years after the original film, three generations of Shaft are loose on the streets of New York.
Peele’s films reflect the way many African-American directors have used the horror genre to reflect the black experience.
Aretha Franklin, the ‘Queen of Soul’, was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Teeming with references to African culture and experience, the couple’s latest work places ‘blackness'at the heart of the Western canon.
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Lecturer in American Studies, Loughborough University
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Professor of American History, University of Leeds
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Senior Lecturer in Music, Kingston University
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Professor of English, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland
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Professor of Urban Media Studies, Department of Art History and Communications Studies, McGill University
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Media Studies, Cardiff University
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Reader in Screen Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Associate Professor of Music, University of Dayton
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Advanced Studies, UCL
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Assistant Professor of Argumentation & Advocacy, Emerson College
