Had Happened
Donovan X. RamseyArchiving yesterday, observing today, considering tomorrow...
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'Insubordinate'
The Lost Boys by Kerry James Marshall, 1993.
I was the kind of child who believed school had been made for me.
From kindergarten on, I would rush home eager to tell my mother what I had learned. She listened no matter how busy she was, an...
Good on Any MLK Blvd
Movement-building often falls into an all-or-nothing trap: Unless a campaign can rewrite the Constitution or remake the global economy, local action is dismissed as insignificant. That logic does not inspire change. It produces paralysis....
An African Name Across an American Century
An unusual name in the 1870 census became the key to recovering my ancestor’s African origins.
There are stories in African American genealogy that feel almost miraculous in their survival. Names slip through oceans, through bondage, throu...
Whitney: Made in America
Fourteen years after her death, pop culture is still exploiting Whitney Houston’s pain. Why do we still need to watch her fall?
Fourteen years after Whitney Houston’s death, we are still being asked to imagine her falling.
What We Owe Our Difficult Dead
Ancestor veneration sounds peaceful until you remember that some of your people were saints, some were survivors, and some should not be spiritually supervising anyone.
The thing about honoring ancestors is that you have to decide who gets...
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Donovan X. Ramsey is a journalist, author, and educator—an indispensable voice on issues of identity, justice, culture, and patterns of power in America.
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