Congratulations Dr. Fiori Berhane 🎉🎉🎉

"In a studio session w/ Lord Finesse Big is an absolutely ruthless critic. Finesse plays him a beat he’s not feeling & to explain what he doesn’t like about it, Biggie raps sarcastically, making fun of it by playing a Native Tongues–style conscious rapper" vulture.com/article/biggie…

“My secret sauce is...that my shows represent me & my family & my background. That makes my talent feel so comfortable w/ giving their real life to the show because it is difficult to expose your real life in front of the world to judge" Carlos King deadline.com/2024/06/carlos…

"The team is combing through Pickens County’s property deeds that date back to the 18th & 19th centuries to identify each enslaved person who was listed as property. “It's alarming...to see names of people alongside deeds that are...transfers of property” wspa.com/news/local-new…

A leisurely catch-up with Dr. Reighan Gillam? Yes, please! Squeezing all the joy possible out of what’s left of summer!

"Akilah Davis. She declared hair freedom day on Juneteenth of last year after being emotionally exhausted covering up her hair, but one year later she continues to inspire others..."Seeing your story inspired me to keep going with my journey..." abc11.com/post/natural-h…

"Dig Where You Stand’s...sees 14 artists of colour access the Sheffield archive, unearthing.. histories & using them as the inspiration for artworks. The artists have created shadow puppet shows about a Jamaican steelworker who tried to build his own ship" theguardian.com/culture/articl…

"This series looks at what made the Harlem Renaissance possible, exploring and illuminating many of the tensions around creativity, community & social justice that still exist in NYC today. The Harlem Renaissance was a period of unprecedented creativity" nytimes.com/interactive/20…

"Black women are not a monolith & don’t all share the same exact anxieties, if any at all, about our appearances. But just know that when you encounter a Black girl or woman stressing about her outfit & hairstyle..there’s levels to this shit! Patrice Peck patricepeck.com/blog/black-ima…

"The Fire Next Time" read by Reighan Gillam #100DaysOfBaldwin instagram.com/reel/C_Qo2fUPD…

👉🏾Our Black Perspectives roundtable on #BeatrizNascimento continues today with an essay by Dr. Bryce Henson on "The Continuities of Beatriz Nascimento’s Black Radical Thought." Follow the link to read more. #Brazil Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s AAIHS aaihs.org/the-continuiti…

"The home installation w/in the exhibition provides an intimate look into the private spaces where Black femmes find solace. Through layered, multi-size portrait...Fazlalizadeh captures the restorative vibe of many a Black...femme’s haven" Patrice Peck patricepeck.com/blog/tatyana-f…

Thanks to Kimberly Juanita Brown and IBICL for organizing #100DaysOfBaldwin! It was an honor to read Baldwin’s words in The Fire Next Time.

"The Banners say they want to create a space to foster what they call restorative, descendant-engaged tourism...that means using the site as a cult. center to celebrate the contributions of the enslaved, highlighting their architectural skill & artistic" npr.org/2024/07/09/nx-…

Two Centuries of Black American Art Trout Gallery Dickinson College

"In 2022, researchers used ground-penetrating radar & found 91 graves belonging to enslaved African Americans...This week, researchers found 11 more graves. “When I found out...I was in a chair jumping up & down I was so happy,” said Chrystal Gaskins" wjla.com/news/local/afr…

📚Our Black Perspectives forum on _The Dialectic is in the Sea_ concludes today with “Reflections on the Work of Beatriz Nascimento” by editors Christen A. Smith, Bethânia N. F. Gomes, and Archie Davies. Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s #Brazil aaihs.org/reflections-on…

"database of the FHA-insured apartment projects from that time. “I dropped them into a GIS map & then overlaid racial demographic information, & sure enough, the vast majority were being built in communities w/o any statistically significant pop of color" penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-sas-…

"W/ Memorable Proof, Huckaby & Rivers activated the historic courthouse using a combination of photography & textiles to create portraits of members of the Fannie A. Parker Woman’s Club, an Edenton-based civic organization founded in 1909 by Black women" artnews.com/art-news/artis…

"We also see Babs Gonzales, coolly smoking on a Copenhagen street corner (wearing wooden shoes!), & Dexter Gordon, also w/ a cigarette, & his saxophone. All of these artists described leaving the US, at least for a time, to escape racial prejudice." art.newcity.com/2024/08/02/fre…