The Black Log
Mark WhitakerBackstories, conversations, and reviews about Black history and its relevance today from journalist and author Mark Whitaker.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 15 | Founded | 8 months ago | Last Issue | a month ago |
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Black Golf Joy
Like a lot of tales of Black life in America, this one starts in a barbershop. One thing I appreciate about my favorite neighborhood barbers in New York City, along with the fact that they know how to cut my kinky hair, is that they keep a...
A Tale of Two Titans
On Memorial Day, the world learned that we had lost two American giants: jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, and civil rights lawyer Clarence B. Jones. In another heavenly coincidence, both were 95. And as a book author, I was honored to have i...
The Trip That Changed Malcolm X's Legacy
This week marks the 101st anniversary of Malcolm X’s birth, and his daughter Ilyasah Shabazz is celebrating the milestone with a new book, Malcolm in the Desert, focusing on her father’s historic 1964 trip to Africa and the Middle East, inc...
Jesse Jackson, Malcolm X, and Billy Preston
After Jesse Jackson passed away last week at the age of 84, scores of journalists and other public figures took to social media to share memories and pictures of themselves with the Reverend. Although I got to know Jackson fairly well in my...
Minneapolis and Calls for a New Civil Rights Movement
What can the rest of us do to blunt ICE’s reign of terror and the Trump administration’s march toward authoritarian rule? It’s a question millions of outraged Americans are asking in the wake of the brutal killings of Alex Pretti and Renee...
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Author of The Black Log newsletter on Substack and the books "The Afterlife of Malcolm X," "Saying It Loud," and "Smoketown." CBS Sunday Morning Contributor and former news executive at Newsweek, NBC News, and CNN.
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