Category: james baldwin

+ all the sinners bleed, frederick douglass, Hayley Williams, james baldwin, John Dominic Corssan, Marcus Borg, paul, s.a. cosby, south

I Don’t Hate the South: I Just Want a Better South

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During my undergraduate career, even though I was not what you would call an exemplary student, I sat amazed at professors, specifically English professors, who would rattle off titles, authors, and quotes at will, linking them together like a tapestry above my head. I never thought I would be able to do that, but as the years have progressed and I have spent, at … Read More I Don’t Hate the South: I Just Want a Better South

+ Aurélie Levy, Elizabeth Colomba, gary cooper, james baldwin, queenie: godmother of harlem, stephanie st. clair

“America happened!” The Impact of Media on Perceptions of Self

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Elizabeth Colomba and Aurélie Levy’s Queenie: Godmother of Harlem tells the story of Stephanie St. Clair, “a racketeer and a bootlegger” who became infamous in Harlem during the 1930s. Born and raised on a plantation in Martinique, a French colony, St. Clair left the island in 1912 for the United States, and she made a name for herself, rising above the poverty and racism and she … Read More “America happened!” The Impact of Media on Perceptions of Self

+ bloodline, ernest j gaines, history, james baldwin, lillian e smith, race, whiteness

“You, the white people, invented race”: Now Ask Yourself Why!

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When most people think about racism and oppression they think about the oppressed. They think about individuals who live under the heel of the oppressor. They think about the atrocities that the oppressor commits. They think about the acts of resistance against the oppressor. They do this and then they label it “the Negro problem” or “the Jewish question,” placing the onus of the … Read More “You, the white people, invented race”: Now Ask Yourself Why!

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+ football, ghost skins, james baldwin, richard wright, the jones men, vern e smith

Interview with Vern Smith on His New Novel “Ghost Skins”

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A few years back, I reviewed the reissue of journalist and novelist Vern E. Smith’s 1974 novel The Jones Men for American Book Review. Smith worked for various news outlets including Newsweek. Recently, he published his new novel Ghost Skins, which won an Outstanding Book Award at this year’s National Association of Black Journalists Convention Authors Showcase. I was able to read Ghost Skins a few weeks ago, and I … Read More Interview with Vern Smith on His New Novel “Ghost Skins”

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+ african american art, african american literature, american history, france, history, james baldwin

Communing With James Baldwin in France

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Over the past two posts, I’ve been sharing my journal entries from the study travel trip I led to France a couple of weeks ago. Today, I want to finish up this series by sharing a short post from the beach overlooking the Mediterranean in Nice and a post about my journey to St. Paul de Vence to walk through the village that James … Read More Communing With James Baldwin in France

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