Culture
“Sassy Mamas”: Generational and gender role reversals
February 25, 2015"Sassy Mamas" is a comedy-drama about three longtime girlfriends in Washington, D.C.
Read moreLead Belly discography released
February 23, 2015Did he really sing his way out of Southern prisons twice? Did he really travel and sing with the legendary Blind Lemon Jefferson?
Read moreRacism isn’t new in Texas
February 20, 2015Carmen Boullosa has done us a great service, and provided us a marvelously good read.
Read moreToday in African American history: A double birthday
February 20, 2015Sir Sidney Poitier, Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE), was born in Miami, Fla., on February 20, 1927, of Bahamian parentage.
Read moreWest Coast premiere of “Hellman v. McCarthy”
February 20, 2015As a Hollywood Blacklist historian, I've eagerly looked forward to seeing the fact-based "Hellman v. McCarthy."
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