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Site of First Black Power Conference to be Demolished
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center plans to use the lot for parking and a loading bay.
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Greg Tate Canonized Black Culture. He Deserves the Same
Tributes pour in for the man and mentor many consider the ‘blueprint’ for Black cultural criticism, who unexpected death at 64 was confirmed Tuesday.
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Role Call: Lester Holt Is the ‘Anchor for America’ for the Tokyo Olympics, a New Series on Malcolm X and More
NBC promotes the Tokyo Olympics with Lester Holt at its helm; Carmelo Anthony has a new podcast; Dr. Dre’s son is stepping into his first role
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Revolutionary Fire Fuels State of Black World Convention as Activists Prepare for Trump
The New Jersey Nation of Islam Vanguard Drill Team—serious-looking young sisters marching in paper-cut precision right in front of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and the masses who had gathered for the State of the Black World IV Conference—looked like something out of an old book on Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey. The self-proclaimed “provisional president”…
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Black Intellectuals, Activists Assert Themselves in Trumpland
Activists and intellectuals in Newark, N.J., talked for two hours Thursday night about what to do now that President-elect Donald Trump is a reality. Because “Brick City” has a history of utilizing black and brown power to affect public policy, the city’s Mayor Ras Baraka—the son of late activist-artist Amiri Baraka—not only joined in but…
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Chasing James Baldwin in Paris
James Baldwin is directly connected to Duke Ellington and John Coltrane in my mind, thanks to the 90-minute documentary James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket. When the Paris section of the film starts, you see mid-20th-century black-and-white footage of a security guard opening huge iron gates that lead to the Eiffel Tower while Ellington…
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