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History and the American Dream in James McBride “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store”

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Cover illustration by David Cooper for The Washington Post When Nana Nkweit asked James McBride how much discovering his Jewish background impacted his latest novel The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, McBride said that he discovered himself becoming “much more sensitized to the events of World War II than ever before.” He stated that his mother had cousins who died in he Holocaust, and he mentioned that … Read More History and the American Dream in James McBride “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store”

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Jim Crow and the Holocaust in Comics CFP

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In the midst of Russia invading Ukraine, I planned a study travel trip to Poland focused on the intersections between Jim Crow and the Holocaust. The trip, for various reasons, didn’t materialize because we did not have enough students sign up. We started seeking students before the invasion, and we had trouble getting students interested. Part of this, I think, came from the heaviness of the … Read More Jim Crow and the Holocaust in Comics CFP

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Accountability and the Banality of Evil

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Ida B. Wells begins Southern Horrors: Lynch law in All Its Phases (1892) by quoting a piece she wrote in the May 21, 1892, edition of the Free Speech, a Black newspaper in Memphis. In the piece, she lists recent acts of racial violence across the United States. She writes, “Eight negroes lynched since last issue of the ‘Free Speech’ one at Little Rock, … Read More Accountability and the Banality of Evil

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The Revelation of the Past in John A. Williams’ “Clifford’s Blues”

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Over the past few weeks, I’ve been teaching John A. Williams’ Clifford’s Blues and exploring the intricate interconnections between Jim Crow and the Holocaust. In a recent post, I wrote some about the Black Horror on the Rhine and Clifford’s Blues. Today, I want to continue some of that discussion, specifically by looking at Clifford’s June 27, 1938, diary entry which covers a few different events and topics … Read More The Revelation of the Past in John A. Williams’ “Clifford’s Blues”

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The Black Horror on the Rhine, Jim Crow, and the Holocaust

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“Dedicated to those without memorial or monument.” That is the epigraph to John A. Williams’ Clifford’s Blues (1999), a novel that illuminates the the connections between Jim Crow and the Holocaust and illuminates the Nazis treatment of Blacks during their reign of terror. Clifford Pepperidge, a Black, gay musician from New Orleans who traveled to Europe to escape Jim Crow and play music narrates … Read More The Black Horror on the Rhine, Jim Crow, and the Holocaust

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