Thursday, August 1, 2019

Durham’s local jazz scene gets a dedicated stage at The Fruit on select Monday nights

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[Mavis Swan Poole performs with the Brian Horton Quartet on September 16th at The Fruit as part of a jazz-infused "support local...
Thursday, July 18, 2019

This is a Race War

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I was taught not to be ashamed of being a Christian. I was taught to wave the Christian flag with pride and to lead others to Jesus wit...
Thursday, May 16, 2019

The Curse of the Loud Negro

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   This is the first of a series of essays aimed at pressing theological questions advancing liberation. These essays reflect the theol...
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Recommendation to move Confederate mounument to a black cemetray sounds like satire news.

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Can we have a talk involving the most ridiculous recommendation ever? Given our current national and state political climate, there ar...
Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Can we talk about gentrification without lifting reparations as a solution?

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I’ve been watching and listening as local politicians, my hometown newspaper and concerned citizens discuss gentrification. Something is ...
Tuesday, September 4, 2018

The Soldiers Reunion in Newton, NC is a celebration of the confederacy

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Some call it Southern pride. Others call it racism. Maybe the truth is somewhere in the middle, making it difficult to understand the ...
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Tuesday, July 17, 2018

When being black is not enough to be black

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[This is written in celebration of all bi-racial children and like-skinned black people who are told they aren't black enough. This is i...
Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Black men need love too

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[I took this picture three weeks after the death of Mike Brown in Ferguson, MO. It's used  here to remember the life and witness of ...