Mapping Black Identity & Resistance

Today’s Research Cafe at Morehouse College was invigorating and rewarding for several reasons. Most notably, the exchange between faculty members–some conveying healthy skepticism on the impact of genetic mapping, while others inquisitive about the role of digital mapping technologies in the student learning process inquired about the salience of these strategies in their own classes. 

Reminder: Kwanzaa Principles and Food

Originally posted on Afroculinaria:
Heri Zaa Kwanzaa! Kwanzaa was founded in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga.  Kwanzaa derives from a Swahili expression for “first fruits” of the harvest and was created so African Americans could have a holiday all their own to celebrate each other and their collective culture and historical experience.  (If you don’t…

#NowPlaying “Open Up The Gate” by The Congos from Heart Of The Congos

#NowPlaying “Santa Claus, Santa Claus” by James Brown from The Complete James Brown Christmas

#NowPlaying “Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto” by James Brown from “Santa Claus… Go Straight to the Ghetto,” I really feel Mr. Brown on this one. Not because I experienced holidays marked by privation, but because for the generation that produced me and my generation, they certainly did feel the sting of lack, especially

#NowPlaying “Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto” by James Brown from “Santa Claus… Go Straight to the Ghetto,” I really feel Mr. Brown on this one. Not because I experienced holidays marked by privation, but because for the generation that produced me and my generation, they certainly did feel the sting of lack, especially