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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

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

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Our Center Fielder Has Left the Field for the Last Time: on Willie Mays by Mark Anthony Neal

It was chilly September night in 1973 at Shea Stadium in Queens, NY when Willie Howard Mays bid farewell to the game in which he devoted so…

Jun 19

Our Center Fielder Has Left the Field for the Last Time: on Willie Mays by Mark Anthony Neal

Jun 19

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Ray Charles’ ‘Message for the People’ and the Promise of Tangerine Records by Mark Anthony Neal

For a generation or two of Americans, at least, their most concrete connection to Ray Charles’ music are not the songs he recorded in the…

Jun 25

Ray Charles’ ‘Message for the People’ and the Promise of Tangerine Records by Mark Anthony Neal

Jun 25

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“How do you color a sound?”: The ‘Wonder Bread’ Soul of The 5th Dimension by Mark Anthony Neal

What is a more mainstream example of America, than a sandwich made with white bread? And that is perhaps what Motown’s Berry Gordy was…

Jun 17

“How do you color a sound?”: The ‘Wonder Bread’ Soul of The 5th Dimension by Mark Anthony Neal

Jun 17

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“The Love You Save”: Remembering Jackson 5-Mania by Mark Anthony Neal

Often forgotten in remembrances of Michael Jackson’s fame and infamy was the Jackson Five’s first full-blown national tour — and the…

Jun 10

“The Love You Save”: Remembering Jackson 5-Mania by Mark Anthony Neal

Jun 10

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Beyond Superfly: Curtis Mayfield and the Black Soundtrack by Mark Anthony Neal

Curtis Mayfield’s soundtracks for Superfly, Claudine, Let’s Do It Again and Sparkle, not only helped establish the format as a viable…

Jun 3

Beyond Superfly: Curtis Mayfield and the Black Soundtrack by Mark Anthony Neal

Jun 3

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Trapped in Motown’s Closet by Mark Anthony Neal

Was Motown, the “Sound of Young America” also the “Sound of Queer America”?

Jun 3

Trapped in Motown’s Closet by Mark Anthony Neal

Jun 3

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Love in the Stax | The Greatest Soul Album Ever?

Overshadowed by Isaac Hayes and others at the label that he helped to musically resuscitate; Johnnie Taylor recorded what might be the…

May 30

Love in the Stax | The Greatest Soul Album Ever?

May 30

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Domesticating Genius: ‘Miles Ahead’ and the Challenge of Interiority by Mark Anthony Neal

Admittedly, Don Cheadle’s Miles Ahead offers a lingering glance — a literal drive-by, if you consider the film’s now infamous car chase…

May 25

Domesticating Genius: ‘Miles Ahead’ and the Challenge of Interiority by Mark Anthony Neal

May 25

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Godfather(s) of Harlem: Postmortem by Mark Anthony Neal

The semi-mythical relationship between Malcolm X and Bumpy Johnson, that is at the center of the MGM series Godfather of Harlem, highlights…

May 19

Godfather(s) of Harlem: Postmortem by Mark Anthony Neal

May 19

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Mark Anthony Neal (T/X: @NewBlackMan)

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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