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Christopher Smith
Oct 12, 20254 min read

Jamel Shabazz Captures The Peaceful Power of “Prospect Park”

If you mention Jamel Shabazz to New Yorkers who are with it,their tone turns to one of admiration and respect. Shabazz has been one of the best visual curators of a New York City that so many who are Black and Brown recall vividly, a time when the city was pulsating with the sounds of a new music an...
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Christopher Smith
May 6, 20254 min read

The Majesty of Black Rodeo Culture In Ivan McClellan’s “Eight Seconds”

Like many things in the United States of America, what you’re led to believe is more than likely not the actual case. One huge example is the Black cowboy in the rise of the American West. If you spent time watching Westerns on television and in film, you’ll notice that the wave of cowboys taking co...
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Christopher Smith
Mar 23, 20256 min read

BOOK REVIEW: Small Acts Of Courage

So if you happen to be reading these words, odds are that the news program that you’ve watched today as you’ve made your coffee or lounged on your couch contained at least one story about the chaos of the current federal government. Your newspaper has headlines of the roughshod rhetoric of President...
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Christopher Smith
Jan 5, 20255 min read

OODLES OF O'S AND SO: HIGH AND RISING, A BOOK ABOUT DE LA SOUL

I got wind of High and Rising: A Book About De La Soul online - but in a way that was unexpected, and which I would soon come to learn, a little unfair. I was pleasantly surprised to hear that a book about one of the Hip-Hop groups I adore was on the horizon. But the group’s reaction to this book by...
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