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By Brittany Allen | July 25, 2025

Crip-Walking at the Commencement: Jerald Walker on the Shifting Significance of Black Gestures

Crip-Walking at the Commencement: Jerald Walker on the Shifting Significance of Black Gestures

The Author of “Magically Black and Other Essays” Reflects on Serena Williams, Gang Signs, and “Scaring the White Folks”

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When Rick James Fought to Get Black Artists on MTV

When Rick James Fought to Get Black Artists on MTV

Ramon Hervey II on a Lesser-Known Moment in Music History

By Ramon Hervey II | August 19, 2022

This Must Be the Place: On the Transcendent Refuge of the Musical Past

This Must Be the Place: On the Transcendent Refuge of the Musical Past

Dawnie Walton Searches for Representation in Rock and Roll

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Ozzy, Mötley, Poison... On the Sacred Role of the Hair Metal Ballad

Ozzy, Mötley, Poison... On the Sacred Role of the Hair Metal Ballad

When in Doubt, Slow it Down

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