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Le Du-rag: The Most Important Thing to a Brotha

” The satin shield highlights our aestheticism and culture, while protecting our crown and glory.”   In my late teens, early twenties I remember watching a television show and hearing “the most important thing to a brotha is his barber.”  That line resonated with me more ways than one: being that I am a direct extension [son] of...

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School Daze: Class Still in Session 30 Years Later

Thirty years ago, during Black History Month.  Spike Lee returned with his second joint School Daze.  Who knew exposing black college life on the big screen would be so impactful. Daze was actually written before Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It, but budget prevented it from becoming his first release.  School Daze, which was originally titled...