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November 2015

November 03, 2015

“Those Who Have Ears, Let Them Hear”: #BlackLivesMatter and the Gospel

In 1968, theologian James Cone wrote what was then and still is a much contested...

November 02, 2015

The Illusion of Inclusion: When All Lives Don’t Matter

by Dameon E. Madison Just for a moment, let us pause to consider the realities...

October 2015

October 27, 2015

#BlackGirlsMatter: The Assault at #SpringValleyHigh

On Monday afternoon at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, South Carolina, school resource officer...

October 27, 2015

I Hope My Son Gets Arrested at School Today

It’s five in the morning and I’m in my kitchen - baking, cooking, writing and...

October 09, 2015

Getting to Write and Getting it Right: A Re-Write on #DarriusStewart

Recently, I wondered aloud and asked, "Do We Even Care" about the death of Darrius...

October 08, 2015

Critical Conversations at the University of Memphis

The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change Annual Open House Panel Discussion: The Hot...

October 04, 2015

#DarriusStewart: Do We Even Care?

It has been nearly three months since the death of Darrius Stewart here in Memphis,...

September 2015

September 27, 2015

#BlackLivesMatter and its Clash with #RespectabilityPolitics

Our editor, Dr. Andre E. Johnson, was the guest on The Agenda with Christian Kirk....

September 16, 2015

Being Black and Dealing with the Trauma of #PoliceBrutality

I recently wrote a post that detailed the arrest and humiliation of Dr. Marcia Bowden...

August 2015

August 14, 2015

#Ferguson Reflections: Privilege, Protest, and Place

This post is part of the Ferguson Reflection: One Year Later series. If you have...

August 13, 2015

#Ferguson Reflections: #MichaelBrown: Our Shining Black Prince

This post is part of the Ferguson Reflection: One Year Later series. If you have...

August 12, 2015

#Ferguson Reflections: “He Don’t Mean Sh*T To Us!”

This post is part of the Ferguson Reflection: One Year Later series. If you have...

July 2015

July 30, 2015

Where Are the Good Cops When We Need Them?

University of Cincinnati Police officer Ray Tensing shot and killed an unarmed black man...

July 26, 2015

The #DarriusStewart Shooting: A Weekly Update

On July 17, 2015, Officer Conner Schilling shot and killed Darrius Stewart after a routine...

July 23, 2015

Two Sides of a Copper Coin: The Coloring of #RachelDolezal and #SandraBland in a Post-Racial America

First posted at Rainbows and Lilacs I have always found the term post-racial to not only be...

July 13, 2015

We Have to Dismantle White Supremacy Before We Can Forgive

by Leah C.K. Lewis First posted at forharriet.com Shortly after the murders of the Mother Emanuel 9 in...

June 2015

June 30, 2015

The Right Reverend President and the Concern of Cheap Grace

First posted at Rainbow and Lilacs I love my President. I listened intently to...

June 21, 2015

#Charleston Shooting: Reflections-Part 3

On Wednesday evening, June 17, Dylan Roof attended a Bible Study service at Emanuel...

June 20, 2015

#CharlestonShooting: No Place for Black Anger

First posted at the Joseph Boston Blog It’s been less than 48 hours...

June 20, 2015

#CharlestonShooting: “Hood Blacks, Good Blacks, He Just Saw Blacks”

Last night at dinner as the TV droned on in the Chinese take-out where we...

June 19, 2015

#CharlestonShooting: When Homeplace Becomes Death Space

It is the great social critic, bell hooks, who uses the space of home as...

June 19, 2015

#CharlestonShooting: Reflections-Part 2

On Wednesday evening, June 17, Dylan Roof attended a Bible Study service at Emanuel AME...

June 18, 2015

#CharlestonShooting: “The Fumes Are Making Folks Sick”

I'm disheartened. For the whole scene of the Charleston church shooting. THIS IS SICK. But...

June 05, 2015

“I Call Bulls*%t!!”: Rhetoric, Racism, and the Reality of Living Black and Woman in America

I'm s'posed to be sleep cuz my head is doing its migraine thing and laryngitis...

May 2015

May 25, 2015

The Church and the #BlackLivesMatter Movement-Pt. 3

Read part 1 here and part 2 here Much like the secret gathering spaces of...

May 14, 2015

The Church and the #BlackLivesMatter Movement-Pt. 2

In my previous post, I ended wanting to explore the connection between the black church...

May 12, 2015

The Church and the #BlackLivesMatter Movement-Pt. 1

“Here is the church, here is the steeple, open the doors and see all the...

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