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African American Studies July 29, 2020

Black Transhuman Liberation Theology

Technology and Spirituality

Philip Butler

Hosted by Nicole Powell
In his book Black Transhuman Liberation Theology: Technology and Spirituality (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019), Philip Butler explores what might happen if Black people in the United States merged technology and spirituality …
Literary Studies October 3, 2019

The Dark Fantastic

Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

Hosted by Nicole Powell
Stories provide portals into other worlds, both real and imagined. The promise of escape draws people from all backgrounds to speculative fiction, but when people of color seek passageways into …
African American Studies September 10, 2019

Hattiesburg

An American City in Black and White

William Sturkey

Hosted by Nicole Powell
If you really want to understand Jim Crow—what it was and how African Americans rose up to defeat it—you should start by visiting Mobile Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the heart …
African American Studies July 24, 2019

Freedom Faith

The Womanist Vision of Prathia Hall

Courtney Pace

Hosted by Nicole Powell
Freedom Faith: The Womanist Vision of Prathia Hall (University of Georgia Press, 2019) is the first full-length critical study of Rev. Dr. Prathia Laura Ann Hall (1940–2002), an undersung leader …