📽 #ArtIsAWeapon @pbsamericanmasters “American Masters—W.E.B Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause" - exploring the life and legacy of Black scholar and civil rights pioneer W.E.B. Du Bois - premieres tonight, Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at 9/8c on PBS.
“The black interior” is not an inscrutable zone, nor colonial fantasy. Rather, I see it as inner space in which Black artists have found selves that go far, far beyond the limited expectations and definitions of what black is, isn't, or should be." - Elizabeth Alexander, The Black Interior.
Happy Friday Folks, join me at patreon.com/TFBWL for the first iteration of the Black Interior study sessions happening for TFBWL patrons on Zoom. The reading materials we will be referencing and reflecting on are linked in this post.
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I'm looking forward to this conversation featuring my smart, fly folks @fredara @richmedina @joanmorgan 🖤
"Exploring Black Rest in Black Music" is open to the public - RSVP information below.
Reposted @nyucbvc We invite you to join us this Wednesday [March 6] for the Exploring Black Rest in Black Music panel! A continuation of the Black Rest Project at the Center for Black Visual Culture, this iconic panel of artists, scholars, and sonic storytellers will interrogate the critical role Black music plays in facilitating the act of rest for Black Bodies, and will explore how “the rest,” “the pause,” and “the break,” in music function as facilitators of reprieve and revival.
Featuring: @jakegoldbas @fredara @richmedina @bookerbbbrown and Kwami Coleman
Let's get into being Black and Breaking Cycles! Comment "Cycles" to celebrate this Cycle breaking! #blackexcellence #blackgirlmagic #blackandbreakingthecycle #blackscholars #blackandeducated (at North Carolina A&T State University) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkRovgiMH9W/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Juneteenth reminds us NOT to confuse dejure freedom with defacto freedom. I wake up everyday with a comittment to liberate Black People from the lived experience of systemic inequalities. Sending love to my people across our many intersections. And recognizing the many warriors, past, present & future who dedicate their lives to the Black liberation struggle. #TheProfLife #LivingInMotion #Juneteenth #BlackArtMatters #BlackScholars https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce_7finvmd5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Bloomberg: Pineapples Are at the Center of Latest China-Taiwan Dispute
Bloomberg: Pineapples Are at the Center of Latest China-Taiwan Dispute
Pineapple Mania
Converting exactly how much a whole pineapple cost back in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries to modern day dollars is almost impossible to do with any real accuracy. That said, the general ballpark estimates tend to ring in at around five to ten thousand dollars per pineapple, depending on such things as the quality of the fruit and season. After the pineapple was first…
Read and reconnect! . . . . #blackscholars #committeetohonorblackheroes #cartergwoodson #johnhenryclarke #ishakamusabarashango #bookertwashington #cheikantediop #amoswilson #benjochannan #johnjackson #chancellorwilliams (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFQmjO0ALeD/?igshid=19d3lwurrskr5