By Ericka Blount Danois Living Colour’s, Shade, their first new studio album in eight years dropped September 8th on Megaforce Records. The cover art begins to tell the story of this album. The artwork was created by D.C. based mixed media artist Anike Robinson, with input from band members, including vocalist Corey Glover, guitarist Vernon…
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“U.S. of A. / U. of S.A.” – Art Ensemble Of Chicago / With Amabutho – Art Ensemble Of Soweto “He’s out to neutralize, not to awaken.” – Willa Paskin It was thought a good idea by the leadership of the School of Global Journalism and Communication at Morgan State University to encourage professors, like myself,…
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Black Power / Black Consciousness: Pan-African Liberation Struggles This paper was originally written in 1999. It is often assumed that events, which take place on two different continents involving two different people, are entirely unrelated. Those who benefit most from this narrow view would prefer that observers continue to think this way, that events are…
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