Back in 1985, Nation of Islam’s leader, Louis Farrakhan, claimed to have a vision of entering into a mother wheel akin to appearance as what many would call a UFO….

Newly freed formerly enslaved people were eager to build networks of learning, commerce, and politics during Reconstruction immediately following the American Civil War. Dr. Thulani Davis, a professor and a…

Black opera and its performers and composers have been on the rise in popularity for the past few years. But Black opera has been a long-tradition in the art form….

We live in the unprecedented information age of immediate access to all types of content, most especially music. But does the instant access to these works also mean that there…

For academics and scholars, the library is the source and life’s blood to do the important work of research. What does it mean when state legislatures try to dictate what…

Is there a difference between emancipation and freedom ? And if there is a difference, have African Americans actually achieved freedom yet? Dr. Rinaldo Walcott, Chair of the Department of…

19-year old Ham had to flee New Orleans in the wake of the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, leaving behind Miss Pearl, his foster mother. Now, he makes the trek back…

In 1974, the nation was gripped with the story of Joan Little, a young Black woman who, in self-defense, killed the prison guard at a Beaufort County Jail, In Washington,…

How do city and state governments go about creating “ghettos” to sequester their undesirable communities while protecting affluent white spaces? And at whose expense? Sheryll Cashin, J.D., the Carmack Waterhouse…

In 1988, the world was introduced to the groundbreaking Black rock band, Living Colour, with their debut record, “Vivid,” which dominated the charts and was a commercial hit. Made up…

What was the cultural production of the Civil Rights Era and beyond during the Black Arts Movement of the ’60’s and ’70’s? Dr. Casarae Lavada Abdul-Ghani, Assistant Professor of English…

The railroad has long held a place in American mythos as the very representation of “progress,” such as with westward expansion. But in the years following Emancipation, Black women have…