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Mark Anthony Neal (T/X: @NewBlackMan)

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The Eleven Books that Change(d) My Life by Mark Anthony Neal

My mother was intentional about making sure that reading would be a fundamental part of my life. I still have memories of running my…

Oct 25

The Eleven Books that Change(d) My Life by Mark Anthony Neal

Oct 25

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A Black Shining Father? Malcolm X’s Impossible Fatherhood by Mark Anthony Neal

“He almost had me convinced that I was made up of brown sugar,” Qubilah Shabazz recalls of her father adding, “Every morning, he’d take my…

May 16

A Black Shining Father? Malcolm X’s Impossible Fatherhood by Mark Anthony Neal

May 16

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Nat King Cole and the Cost of the “Cool Pose” by Mark Anthony Neal

In his classic study, psychologist Richard Majors (with Janet Mancini Billson) writes, “Cool Pose is a distinctive coping mechanism that…

Mar 17

Nat King Cole and the Cost of the “Cool Pose” by Mark Anthony Neal

Mar 17

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“No Charge”: Shirley Caesar and a Black Mother’s Sonic Archive by Mark Anthony Neal

In retrospect, I was enough of a smart-ass as a child that I might have been that little boy in Harlan Howard’s classic song “No Charge.”…

Aug 13, 2024

“No Charge”: Shirley Caesar and a Black Mother’s Sonic Archive by Mark Anthony Neal

Aug 13, 2024

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Raising Black Fathers: Black Men and the Shame of Absenteeism by Mark Anthony Neal

I am old enough to remember Ed OG and Da Bulldogs’ “Be a Father to Your Child” could be heard blaring on boom boxes outside. The…

Jun 14, 2024

Raising Black Fathers: Black Men and the Shame of Absenteeism by Mark Anthony Neal

Jun 14, 2024

“The Message is Still the Same”: The Soul Gospel of D.J. Rogers by Mark Anthony Neal

I picked up a tattered copy of D. J. Rogers’ It’s Good to be Alive, from a street vendor in Harlem, sometime during the Spring of 1991. By…

Oct 8

“The Message is Still the Same”: The Soul Gospel of D.J. Rogers by Mark Anthony Neal

Oct 8

Trouble the Archive: Kim Roberts Tells the Story of Hurricane Katrina by Mark Anthony Neal

If Hurricane Katrina offered a contemporary example of ethnic cleansing in the United States, then the power of Trouble the Water, the 2008…

Sep 8

Trouble the Archive: Kim Roberts Tells the Story of Hurricane Katrina by Mark Anthony Neal

Sep 8

“I Can’t Turn You Loose”: Otis Redding and the Allure of Live Soul Music by Mark Anthony Neal

“Everything we’re doing here is being recorded, so say anything you want to say. Make yourself feel good ’cause you might hear yourself…

Aug 8

“I Can’t Turn You Loose”: Otis Redding and the Allure of Live Soul Music by Mark Anthony Neal

Aug 8

Remembering the Sensual Soul of Jon Lucien by Mark Anthony Neal

“I would say that my sound is a romantic sound. It’s water. It’s ocean. It’s tranquility.” — Jon Lucien

Jun 21

Remembering the Sensual Soul of Jon Lucien by Mark Anthony Neal

Jun 21

Am I Black Enough For You? The Legacy of Billy Paul by Mark Anthony Neal

Billy Paul was a grown man of 37 years-old when he registered his first and only Pop hit with the classic “Me and Mrs. Jones.” But to think…

Jun 11

Am I Black Enough For You? The Legacy of Billy Paul by Mark Anthony Neal

Jun 11

Mark Anthony Neal (T/X: @NewBlackMan)

Mark Anthony Neal (T/X: @NewBlackMan)

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Mark Anthony Neal is James B. Duke Professor at Duke University. His most recent book is Black Ephemera: The Crisis and Challenge of the Musical Archive

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