Tag: Black History
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Celebrating Black Journalists in History – A Series
In honor of Black History Month, how about a celebration of Black Journalists throughout history? Because I have been a professional journalist for over twenty years, and a professor of journalism for a decade, I have the utmost respect and admiration for journalists. Particularly those brave journalists who have weaponized their words to bring about…
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Podcast Ep #68: Kaitlyn Greenidge Talks Freedom + Libertie
On episode 68 of the podcast, author Kaitlyn Greenidge joins me to talk about freedom and Libertie. Kaitlyn’s debut novel was the critically acclaimed, We Love You, Charlie Freeman. Her writing has also appeared in Vogue, Glamour, the Wall Street Journal, Elle.com, Buzzfeed, and the Virginia Quarterly Review. She was a contributing editor for LENNY…
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John Russwurm: Journalist for Freedom
Meet John Russwurm. To some people, Russwurm’s name may be familiar because he was one of the original editors of Freedom’s Journal, the first newspaper in the United States published by African Americans. The year was 1827. But Russwurm’s life story has far more chapters than that. Early Years John Brown Russwurm was born…
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Meltingpot Book Review: “Washington Black” by Esi Edugyan
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Even though I’m doing a lot of reading and research for my Black in Spain project, it wouldn’t be summer if I wasn’t also consuming a fair amount of fiction as well. Fun fact, I received the hardcover version of Esi Edugyan’s critically-acclaimed, Washington Black for Christmas, but I bought the paperback…
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African American Culinary History Doesn’t Begin or End with Aunt Jemima
(Note: This post was originally published in 2015, but has been updated.) Hello Meltingpot Readers, I had one of those driveway moments the other day when I heard a fascinating story on NPR. It was about Thomas Jefferson’s enslaved chef, James Hemings. Yes, the brother of Sally Hemings. James was apparently quite the culinary genius,…
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12 Years A Slave Has Me Undone
Hello Meltingpot Readers, This past weekend I went to see 12 Years A Slave with my cousin. It wasn’t a film I was excited to see, it was more of a compulsion. When Hollywood takes on the Black experience, I feel it is my duty to support the effort. I also was intrigued by the…
