Black History month

Fearless February 2023 Reading, Watching

The fight for my consciousness took place on the page and on the screen, through reading and viewing. Was bloody.

2023-03-06
Idle Reflections

Affecting Song and W.E.B. Du Bois’ “Souls of Black Folk”

Each chapter of W.E.B. Du Bois’ “The Souls of Black Folk” begins with an excerpt of verse and a few bars of music, begging the question why this song?

2021-03-31
On Literature, Books Reading Journal

Read, Viewed: Black History Month 2021

What I read and viewed during February, the month we devote in the land of freedom to Black History, in our feeble attempts to make reparations for centuries of slavery

2021-02-26
Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

“Up From Slavery”: Booker T. Washington’s words

Booker T. Washington’s “Up From Slavery” promotes a vocational training for blacks imbued with Christian virtue. Is W.E.B. Du Bois’ critique of it justified?