With 'Razzmatazz' Christopher Moore has written another homage to noir that leaves you chortling with glee.
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SXSW Film Review: Horror-Thriller ‘Soft & Quiet’
Soft & Quiet is about women taking initiative to form a hate group which seeks to bond in word and deed.
Read More »SXSW Film Review: ‘Master,’ a Memorable Thriller with Twists
In 'Master,' a thriller at SXSW, three Black women look for success at an elite university and end up fighting more than they bargained for.
Read More »Music Review: ‘Stax ’68: A Memphis Story’ 5-Disc Box Set from Craft Recordings
On 'Stax '68: A Memphis Story,' history never looked so bleak while sounding so good. A brief glance at the track lists will begin to open your eyes, but the history of the record company from 1968 will blow your mind.
Read More »Book Tour: ‘American Dialogue: The Founders and Us’ by Joseph J. Ellis
Joseph J. Ellis invites readers to revisit the writings of the Founding Founders to tackle today's issues in his latest book, 'American Dialogue: The Founders and Us.'
Read More »Book Review: ‘No One Ever Asked’ – a Novel by Katie Ganshert
A timely story about racism that might have been enjoyable had the author simply kept it straight (chronological) and simple.
Read More »Movie Review: Through Raoul Paul’s Documentary ‘I Am Not Your Negro,’ James Baldwin Lives
Baldwin saw himself as a witness, but the FBI saw him as a prime player in the struggle for black liberation.
Read More »‘The Souls of Black Folk’ by W.E.B. Du Bois – An Appreciation
Gone for over half a century, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois lives on through his thought and his prose. A new edition from Restless Books offers an excellent opportunity to broaden our perspective on questions of race in America by increasing our understanding of racism's history and sociology, enlightened by one of the country's most creative minds.
Read More »I am Ashamed to be an American, Part Three
Mr. Trump apparently tapped into this deep-seated, Southern brand of rancor and resentment – the feelings of hatred, bigotry, misogyny, and yes, racism, too, whether overt or covert – in short, the ugliness of it all! – and in the process, unleashed the beast within, the worst in our already tarnished (white) nature. The rest is history.
Read More »The Devil’s Work In Charleston, South Carolina
The first Africans upon the slave ships destined for the Americas sensed the coming of a great and lasting catastrophe. They had nothing that would protect and fortify them from the coming centuries of bondage and tyranny, so they sent out an exalting wail beseeching God’s mercy. God looked down on them and saw that they had nothing. They were naked and in chains. God in His singular wisdom took the very sound of their lament and turned it into their shield and their weapon, and today we call that sound music.
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