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Please join the English and Creative Writing Department for a conversation between Christina Sharpe and Simone White on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 7 PM ET.
Christina Sharpe is a professor at Tufts University in the department of English and the programs in Africana and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies.
In the Wake: On Blackness and Being, her second book, was named in the Guardian as one of the best books of 2016. Her first book,
Monstrous Intimacies: Making Post-Slavery Subjects, was published in 2010, and she has contributed essays to the book accompanying Arthur Jafa’s first solo exhibition “Love is the Message, The Message is Death,” and an essay called
ESSENCE Appoints Executive Team To Lead Company’s Strategic Realignment, Innovation Focus And Community Impact Essence 2/9/2021 ESSENCE Editors
February 9, 2021 (New York, NY) – ESSENCE, the leading and only 100% Black-owned media, technology and commerce company at scale dedicated to Black women and communities, today announced updates to its executive leadership team. These appointments are part of the final phases of the restructuring process aimed at positioning the company for continued growth and maximum impact following its acquisition from Time Inc.
To date, this transformation has included, among other focus areas, building critical operational infrastructure across finance, human resources and technology; making significant investments across ESSENCE magazine, digital, e-commerce and experiential platforms resulting in the brand almost doubling its reach over three years; expanding platforms for other culturally-rooted entrepreneurs and busin
Trump s second historic impeachment trial starts but conviction unlikely
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(FILES) In this file photo US President Donald Trump speaks following a section of the border wall in Alamo, Texas, on January 12, 2021. - The Senate impeachment trial of Trump begins on Feb. 9, 2021. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)MANDEL NGAN/GettyShow MoreShow Less
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 8: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) walks to his office as he arrives at the U.S. Capitol on February 8, 2021 in Washington, DC. Former President Donald Trump s second impeachment trial will begin on February 9 in the Senate. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Drew Angerer/GettyShow MoreShow Less
FSC Names Endowed Chair To Further Strengthen Ties Between Polk Museum Of Art, Local Arts Community
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LAKELAND, Fla., Feb. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Florida Southern College has named Dr. H. Alexander Rich as an endowed chair in the Department of Art History and Museum Studies.
Dr. Rich, who was named the George and Dorothy Forsythe Endowed Chair in Art History and Museum Studies, is associate professor of art history and chair of FSC s Department of Art History and Museum Studies. He also is executive director and chief curator of the Polk Museum of Art and director of the Melvin and Burks Galleries on the Florida Southern campus.
How the ADL’s Israel Advocacy Undermines Its Civil Rights Work
This report will appear in our Spring 2021 issue. Subscribe now to get a copy in your mailbox.
IN THE SUMMER OF 2016, a handful of senior Anti-Defamation League (ADL) staff members and executives in New York and Washington, DC joined a conference call to discuss a sensitive topic: the organization’s position on what would come to be known as the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act. The bill would amend federal civil rights law to employ a controversial definition of antisemitism, which included “delegitimiz[ing]” Israel, blaming Israel for “all . . . political tensions,” and, in the case of international organizations, “focusing on Israel only for peace or human rights investigations.” Those guilty of antisemitism under this definition could be investigated by the Department of Education for violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964.