Moving on the Wires: Blackout


Just letting you all know that tomorrow many sites, including this one, will be involved in a black out to protest the SOPA bill that could severely hurt the internet. If you want to find out more, go to Web Goes on Strike and Fight for the Future

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What Is Afrofuturism? Part 4


This is an article on Afrofuturism by Lisa Yaszek from The Journal of the Research Group on Socialism and Democracy. The focus of the article is Ralph Ellison’s speculative fiction novel Invisible Man. In his introduction to the 1989 re-issue of Invisible Man Ralph Ellison provocatively notes, “a piece of science fiction is the last […]

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Modern Griots: Yaba Baker


Remember the Disney film, Princess and the Frog? Did you know Princess Tiana was based on another princess, Princess Briana. Creator of the Just Like Me series, Yaba Baker started the company in 1996 with How African American Inventions Changed America, Just Like Me – The Beginning of Civilization and Just Like Me – The […]

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