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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 …