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  Red Summer: Text and meaning in Claude McKay’s “If We Must Die” (part 1 of 4)

  The summer of 2015 marks the 96th anniversary of the publication of Harlem Renaissance poet Claude McKay’s masterful poem, “If We Must Die.” This essay is presented in commemoration of that literary milestone and in remembrance of the extraordinary Red Summer of 1919 that inspired it. There were many good…

  June 4, 2015
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  Rainbow-Song for The Angel of Tao: A Graphic-Art Poem by Aberjhani

  (Art panel No. 2 Rainbow-Song for the Angel of Tao copyright by Aberjhani.) “Rainbow-Song for the Angel of Tao” is not typical so far as poems posted in celebration of National Poetry Month go. The 3 stanzas of the poem are described as verses and each one has a corresponding…

  March 30, 2015
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  5 Eye-opening Books about Slavery in Savannah (part 1)

  Georgia Historical Society marker citing “The Weeping Time,” a.k.a. the “Largest Slave Sale in Georgia History” held in Savannah. (photo courtesy of Waymark) Two of the most acclaimed movies of the past decade, 12 Years a Slave and Django Unchained, have focused on the degradation, inhumanity, and absurdity associated with…

  March 15, 2015
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  Selma Revisited: from Violent Racism to Reflective Compassion (part 1)

  Left to right, Producers of the Golen Globe Award-nominated film Selma: Dede Gardner, Oprah Winfrey, and director Ava DuVernay. (photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for AFI)  The movie Selma, directed and executive produced by Ava DuVernay, opened on Christmas Day 2014 and rang in the New Year 2015 with domestic…

  January 7, 2015