Published indrDOCTORCompass PointsAshawnta Jackson on the sounds of the South, traveling through the stories we tell, and the mixtapes and music made in America.Mar 12, 2020Mar 12, 2020
Published inHuman PartsThe Art of Listening to 45sInheriting my mom’s childhood record collection has given me a whole new way to appreciate soundAug 13, 2019A response icon2Aug 13, 2019A response icon2
Published inTimelineShe was one of the first black women to host a television showThen the House Un-American Activities Committee came for herJun 19, 2018A response icon9Jun 19, 2018A response icon9
Published inTimelineThis woman shattered the gender barrier in pro baseballWhen Toni Stone joined the Negro League, she became the first woman regular on a big-league teamJun 7, 2018A response icon2Jun 7, 2018A response icon2
Published inTimelineBlack Omnibus was a thoughtful response to a segregated and unequal America. Too bad it didn’t lastWhen the media wasn’t adequately representing black lives, Black Omnibus showcased black art and thought in effortless waysMay 9, 2018A response icon1May 9, 2018A response icon1
Published inTimelineMusic as politics. Music as power. Welcome to the all-black music journal ‘The Cricket’‘The true voices of Black Liberation have been the Black musicians’Apr 20, 2018Apr 20, 2018
Published inTimelineWhen the white establishment ignored these black photographers, the Kamoinge collective was bornBased in 1960s Harlem, they challenged the way stories of black lives were told, and who got to tell themMar 15, 2018A response icon7Mar 15, 2018A response icon7
Published inTimelineThe first black-owned record label in the U.S. wanted to “uplift” black people through musicIt rose, then fell — and popularized the kinds of songs it set out to defeatFeb 22, 2018A response icon2Feb 22, 2018A response icon2
