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free men

Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) A couple we didn’t get to for Black History Month. But we aren’t waiting another year. Shouldn’t every month be Black History Month? … In this case, a 78 RPM … Continue reading

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caliban r & b

At the end of The Tempest, the enchanter Prospero says of his half-human slave Caliban: “This thing of darkness I acknowledge mine.” Caliban, the native slave has really no articulation of character. He is a thing. A primate. Colonized. Shakespeare … Continue reading

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angie is watching you

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) over the last month, i’ve seen  FB blogs  celebrate black history month by posting images of endless magazine covers with pictures of beautiful black women on them. so, since this is the new ‘clever’, i … Continue reading

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