“New Orleans invented the brown paper bag party - usually at a gathering in a home - where anyone darker than the bag attached to the door was denied entrance. The brown bag criterion survives as a metaphor for how the black cultural elite quite literally establishes caste along color lines within black life.” HomeBlackLinesPartyDoorsColorPaperMetaphorBrownBagsDeniedElitesGatheringNew OrleansCriteriaEntrancesCastesBlack LivesPaper Bags Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“Planned Parenthood has been far more lethal to black lives than the KKK ever was. And the Democrat Party and the black civil rights allies are partners in this genocide.” Has BeensBlackPartyRightsDemocratPartnersCivil RightsParenthoodAlliesGenocidePlanned ParenthoodBlack LivesKkk Author:E.W. Jackson
“In the Shadow of Slavery covers two and a half centuries of black life in New York City, and skillfully interweaves the categories of race and class as they affected the formation of African American identity. Leslie Harris has made a major contribution to our understanding of the black experience.” MadeTwoUnderstandingBlackRaceCitiesHalfClassCenturyNew YorkIdentityMajorsShadowSlaveryAfrican AmericanContributionAffectedCategoriesNew York CityFormationHalf A CenturyBlack LivesLeslieAmerican Identity Author:Eric Foner
“I'm trying to take culture and put it onstage, demonstrate it is capable of sustaining you. There is no idea that can't be contained by life: Asian life, European life, certainly black life. My plays are about love, honor, duty, betrayal - things humans have written about since the beginning of time.” TryingHumansIdeasPlayCultureBlackWrittenDutyHonorCapableBetrayalNo IdeaAsianSustainingBlack Lives Author:August Wilson
“Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring political sides. There's always been that in black music and culture in general. It's no surprise because black music is such a reflection of what's going on in black life. It's not unusual for hip-hop.” TwoDifferentPoliticalCultureSidesBlackMusic IsReflectionSurpriseHip HopHipsHopsConcertsUnusualBobOne LoveJamaicaMarleyBlack LivesBlack Music Author:Mos Def
“Like books and black lives - albums still matter. Tonight and always.” StillsBookMatterBlackAlbumsTonightBlack Lives Author:Prince