The Writings of Mark Essex
Initially written off as “crazy,” the New Orleans Sniper’s ideas reflected a more widely held sentiment of rage among Black youth.
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Initially written off as “crazy,” the New Orleans Sniper’s ideas reflected a more widely held sentiment of rage among Black youth.
Alice Walker’s act of generosity in writing The Color Purple forever revolutionized Black women’s literature.
Warith Deen Mohammed
Jesse Jackson and the radicalism of 1980s Black presidential politics
White people raged against school busing in Louisville, KY (September 1975)
Fidel Castro, Joe Louis, Angela Davis, and Jesse Jackson navigate the complicated relationship between Black America and Communist Cuba.
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