SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026)
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Aggregator of Black Culture. Boosting Blackademia since '99. Feminist. BX-born. Chair, @DukeU's Academic Council. Author #BlackEphemera (2022) @BullCitySigmas
Durham, NC
Joined April 2010
'Thelma Golden roots contemporary art in Black culture at the Studio Museum in Harlem As director and chief curator of the @StudioMuseum in Harlem, she has expanded the possibilities for artists of African descent, reshaping how Black culture is represented in contemporary art.'
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Is American Culture Newly Fascinated With the Black Bourgeoisie? Novelist Rob Franklin grew up surrounded by a design aesthetic which has begun to manifest across media culture for what feels like the first time. https://t.co/5fdli19wPA
culturedmag.com
Novelist Rob Franklin traces the contemporary resurgency of the Black bourgeois design aesthetic he grew up immersed in.
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@NewBlackMan @NewYorker We saw his stage play production in Chicago years ago. Folks were dancing in the aisles. 👍🏾
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An Exonerated Louisiana Man Just Won a Big Election | @CharlesPPierce Calvin Duncan is now in charge of keeping the records of the very office that stonewalled him from getting his own when he was fighting his conviction in court https://t.co/gxoguWs8gD | @esquire
esquire.com
Calvin Duncan is now in charge of keeping the records of the very office that stonewalled him from getting his own when he was fighting his conviction in court.
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'Our neighbors are in danger': New Yorkers prep for an immigration crackdown https://t.co/B6OIEGNcZM | @Gothamist
gothamist.com
Immigrant advocates, community activists and others have been meeting, canvassing neighborhoods, and preparing for increased enforcement.
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Ebony magazine celebrates 80th anniversary https://t.co/Eers6eqKvi | @cbschicago
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'In pursuit of revolutionary advances in AI, tech companies are plowing billions of dollars into massive new facilities. The projects are straining power grids, environmental resources and, potentially, financial markets.' https://t.co/4xfUAPAUuV
bloomberg.com
In pursuit of revolutionary advances in AI, tech companies are plowing billions of dollars into massive new facilities. The projects are straining power grids, environmental resources and, potentia...
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Album of the day. Cited by some as the sister album to D'Angelo's Voodoo, Erykah Badu’s fully realized successor to Baduizm, Mama’s Gun was recorded in the same span of other seminal albums from the Soulquarians crew at New York's famed Electric Lady Studios (save for a few songs
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'Across the continent’s new coup belt, young officers are stepping into power, casting themselves as guardians against corrupt civilian elites.' The coup kids are in charge now | Faisal Ali https://t.co/CeqI7l8QGw | @africasacountry
africasacountry.com
Across the continent’s new coup belt, young officers are stepping into power, casting themselves as guardians against corrupt civilian elites.
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Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott joins “We Are the Resistance,” @WordInBlack’s ongoing conversation about how Black America can survive — and fight — Trump 2.0 https://t.co/86nFJmzffX
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De La Soul: Cabin in the Sky review – a full-colour celebration of Trugoy the Dove that never feels heavy The first release since the death of their founding member dwells on the afterlife, yet doesn’t forsake their perpetually sunny sound https://t.co/PWEUexIQbg | @guardian
theguardian.com
The first release since the death of their founding member dwells on the afterlife, yet doesn’t forsake their perpetually sunny sound
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America Scripts the Violence -- We Live It. Trymaine Lee & Malcolm Jenkins Dialogue at @baldwinbooks
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We Have to Stop Electing Angry Idiots Like Clay Higgins to Congress | @CharlesPPierce The representative from Louisiana, who has a history of ridiculous behavior, was the only dissenting House member on the Epstein Transparency Act https://t.co/g8WMK5JsYK | @esquire
esquire.com
The representative from Louisiana, who has a history of ridiculous behavior, was the only dissenting House member on the Epstein Transparency Act.
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LECTURE: Elizabeth Catlett—“A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies” 'A deft sculptor and printmaker, ardent feminist, and lifelong social activist, Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012) was a defining artist of the 20th century.' https://t.co/QtZ6LSnmz3 | @artinstitutechi
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Low IQ Has Become a Racist Dog Whistle for This One Reason by @queenie4rmnola It’s an effort to justify racial disparities rather than confront them https://t.co/bNwychxcrw
allyfromnola.medium.com
It’s an effort to justify racial disparities rather than confront them
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Prince’s ‘Around The World In A Day’ Deluxe Edition Emerges via @forbes
forbes.com
The 40th Anniversary reissue of Prince’s 1985 Around the World in a Day album is being released on November 21 as the estate’s archival series continues.
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Black Mothers Are Dying. Texas Can’t Be Bothered to Investigate | raven Freeborn We cannot grieve Black mothers as statistics while we chariot white survivors of abortion bans from court cases to documentaries to center stage https://t.co/diQUcIfV0E | @WordInBlack
wordinblack.com
Activist raven E. Freeborn says we can't accept reproductive injustice.
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She cares for her aging parents full time. That requires taking care of herself, too https://t.co/6SiFyIyQXO | @WBEZ
npr.org
Dawnita Brown left her job to become a caregiver for her parents. Brown says it's a gift to care for her parents, but it can also be difficult. That's why respite is an important part of her life.
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Swastikas and Nooses Are No Longer Hate Symbols Under New Coast Guard Rules The new policy also prevents Coast Guard officers from immediately removing white supremacist symbols upon discovery. https://t.co/dmlmLpdyWB | @truthout
truthout.org
The new policy also prevents Coast Guard officers from immediately removing white supremacist symbols upon discovery.
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