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Sinners, the Oscars, and Hollywood: A Marxist analysis

Sinners, the Oscars, and Hollywood: A Marxist analysis

This class is a stimulating conversation which explores the movie, the significance of its Oscar attention, and the context of today's Hollywood.

African American resistance through song

African American resistance through song

  Music has always played a significant and critical role in how African Americans communicate with each other and the outside world. This form of communication began during the period...

BY: Timothy V Johnson| February 27, 2026
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The Black revolutionary tradition in theater and film

The Black revolutionary tradition in theater and film

The power of storytelling can be transformational. We must protect our right to tell our own stories and to represent ourselves.

BY: Brooklyn Crawford| February 27, 2026
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African American Culture and Resistance

African American Culture and Resistance

This class examines African American culture and resistance in music, theatre, and film through U.S. history and into the present.

Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show and Black cultural resistance

Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show and Black cultural resistance

Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl LIX performance was a rejection of the “Great American Game,” and the white supremacist culture perpetuated by capitalism.

BY: Dom Shannon| April 2, 2025
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