Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X)
@markanthonyneal.bsky.social
Aggregator of Black Culture. James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies at Duke University. Host of the Webby-nominated Left of Black. Author of several books, including forthcoming SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (on Black Fatherhood).
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THIS. Also through redlining - when home damage happens and your insurance company refuses to cover the cost of repair, it often forces families to abandon their homes.
Forget Trump’s myths: The real land theft is in Detroit, not South Africa
The story the nation should focus on is one far closer to home: Black homeowners in Detroit whose homes have been stolen through inflated property tax bills and foreclosures.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/22/o...
The story the nation should focus on is one far closer to home: Black homeowners in Detroit whose homes have been stolen through inflated property tax bills and foreclosures.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/22/o...
Forget Trump’s myths: The real land theft is in Detroit, not South Africa - The Boston Globe
The story the nation should focus on is one far closer to home: Black homeowners in Detroit whose homes have been stolen through inflated property tax bills and foreclosures.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
THIS. Also through redlining - when home damage happens and your insurance company refuses to cover the cost of repair, it often forces families to abandon their homes.
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Do not disagree. Don't Leave Me This Way is a vocal masterpiece.
"With no disrespect to Al Green, Marvin Gaye and Barry White, Teddy Pendergrass’s voice defined the male Soul singer the 1970s."
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The Legend of Teddy Pendergrass by Mark Anthony Neal
With no disrespect to Al Green, Marvin Gaye and Barry White, Teddy Pendergrass’s voice defined the male Soul singer the 1970s. This claim…
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November 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Do not disagree. Don't Leave Me This Way is a vocal masterpiece.
Solange Knowles Wants to Lend You a Book
The Grammy winner, now a scholar in residence at U.S.C., is expanding a one-of-a-kind library featuring rare books by writers of color. (Just mind the due date.)
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The Grammy winner, now a scholar in residence at U.S.C., is expanding a one-of-a-kind library featuring rare books by writers of color. (Just mind the due date.)
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Solange Knowles Wants to Lend You a Book
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November 24, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Solange Knowles Wants to Lend You a Book
The Grammy winner, now a scholar in residence at U.S.C., is expanding a one-of-a-kind library featuring rare books by writers of color. (Just mind the due date.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/s...
The Grammy winner, now a scholar in residence at U.S.C., is expanding a one-of-a-kind library featuring rare books by writers of color. (Just mind the due date.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/s...
'The growing popularity of Korean fried chicken reflects a greater familiarity with Korean culture. But its origins can be traced to an American cookbook dating back to when African American soldiers fought in the Korean War.'
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Korean fried chicken: The other KFC
YouTube video by CBS Sunday Morning
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November 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
'The growing popularity of Korean fried chicken reflects a greater familiarity with Korean culture. But its origins can be traced to an American cookbook dating back to when African American soldiers fought in the Korean War.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsup...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsup...
"With no disrespect to Al Green, Marvin Gaye and Barry White, Teddy Pendergrass’s voice defined the male Soul singer the 1970s."
#BlackSkyOver40
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#BlackSkyOver40
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The Legend of Teddy Pendergrass by Mark Anthony Neal
With no disrespect to Al Green, Marvin Gaye and Barry White, Teddy Pendergrass’s voice defined the male Soul singer the 1970s. This claim…
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November 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"With no disrespect to Al Green, Marvin Gaye and Barry White, Teddy Pendergrass’s voice defined the male Soul singer the 1970s."
#BlackSkyOver40
medium.com/@tnimixtape/...
#BlackSkyOver40
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Black Friday boycotts: ‘Mass Blackout’ and ‘We Ain’t Buying It’ protests will target Trump and billionaires.
Grassroots movements are urging Americans to refuse to shop or even work this Thanksgiving to send a message about the widening wealth gap.
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Grassroots movements are urging Americans to refuse to shop or even work this Thanksgiving to send a message about the widening wealth gap.
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Black Friday boycotts: ‘Mass Blackout’ and ‘We Ain’t Buying It’ protests will target Trump and billionaires. Here’s what to know
Grassroots movements are urging Americans to refuse to shop this Thanksgiving holiday and Black Friday to protest the country’s widening wealth gap.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Black Friday boycotts: ‘Mass Blackout’ and ‘We Ain’t Buying It’ protests will target Trump and billionaires.
Grassroots movements are urging Americans to refuse to shop or even work this Thanksgiving to send a message about the widening wealth gap.
www.fastcompany.com/91444540/bla...
Grassroots movements are urging Americans to refuse to shop or even work this Thanksgiving to send a message about the widening wealth gap.
www.fastcompany.com/91444540/bla...
Forget Trump’s myths: The real land theft is in Detroit, not South Africa
The story the nation should focus on is one far closer to home: Black homeowners in Detroit whose homes have been stolen through inflated property tax bills and foreclosures.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/22/o...
The story the nation should focus on is one far closer to home: Black homeowners in Detroit whose homes have been stolen through inflated property tax bills and foreclosures.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/22/o...
Forget Trump’s myths: The real land theft is in Detroit, not South Africa - The Boston Globe
The story the nation should focus on is one far closer to home: Black homeowners in Detroit whose homes have been stolen through inflated property tax bills and foreclosures.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Forget Trump’s myths: The real land theft is in Detroit, not South Africa
The story the nation should focus on is one far closer to home: Black homeowners in Detroit whose homes have been stolen through inflated property tax bills and foreclosures.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/22/o...
The story the nation should focus on is one far closer to home: Black homeowners in Detroit whose homes have been stolen through inflated property tax bills and foreclosures.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/22/o...
[email protected] Host Kenia Thompson sits down with Dr. Mark Anthony Neal, Duke University Professor in the Department of African and African American Studies, to explore the beauty, complexity and cultural power of Black language.
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The Language of Black America | Black Issues Forum
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November 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
[email protected] Host Kenia Thompson sits down with Dr. Mark Anthony Neal, Duke University Professor in the Department of African and African American Studies, to explore the beauty, complexity and cultural power of Black language.
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“America does not have a full accounting of itself without the historic Black press,” says Nicole Carr, author, investigative journalist, and professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta.
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‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard fights to preserve Black newspapers.
Across the United States, scholars are working to preserve the history of the Black press before the brittle pages are lost forever. In a basement at Howard University, uncovered treasures have includ...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“America does not have a full accounting of itself without the historic Black press,” says Nicole Carr, author, investigative journalist, and professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta.
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“Nearer to Thee”: The Still Evolving Legacy and Politics of Sam Cooke by Mark Anthony Neal medium.com/@tnimixtape/... 🤎
“Nearer to Thee”: The Still Evolving Legacy and Politics of Sam Cooke by Mark Anthony Neal
All I knew was that there was something that I heard in the man’s voice. This was me, in the mid-1970s watching TV in our South Bronx…
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June 29, 2025 at 6:30 AM
“Nearer to Thee”: The Still Evolving Legacy and Politics of Sam Cooke by Mark Anthony Neal medium.com/@tnimixtape/... 🤎
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black ephemera--mark anthony neal
mojo workin'--katrina hazzard-donald
barracoon--zora neale hurston
mojo workin'--katrina hazzard-donald
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August 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
black ephemera--mark anthony neal
mojo workin'--katrina hazzard-donald
barracoon--zora neale hurston
mojo workin'--katrina hazzard-donald
barracoon--zora neale hurston
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Dig into Abiodun of The Last Poets talking about his new album “Gratitude” with scholar Mark Anthony Neal - released by Fire Records-
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Left of Black | A Conversation with the Legendary Spoken Word Poet Abiodun Oyewole
YouTube video by John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke U.
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August 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Dig into Abiodun of The Last Poets talking about his new album “Gratitude” with scholar Mark Anthony Neal - released by Fire Records-
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'The new documentary "Free Joan Little" chronicles the landmark case of the first woman in U.S. history to be acquitted on the grounds of self-defense against sexual violence...Director Yoruba Richen calls the movement to free Little a “cry for justice”...'
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“Free Joan Little”: New Film on 1975 Murder Acquittal of Woman Sexually Assaulted by Prison Guard
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
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November 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
'The new documentary "Free Joan Little" chronicles the landmark case of the first woman in U.S. history to be acquitted on the grounds of self-defense against sexual violence...Director Yoruba Richen calls the movement to free Little a “cry for justice”...'
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'Vibe magazine is merging with Rolling Stone to help bolster its hip-hop coverage.
Duke University Prof Mark Anthony Neal joins Here & Now to discuss what this merger means for the future of Black cultural criticism.'
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Duke University Prof Mark Anthony Neal joins Here & Now to discuss what this merger means for the future of Black cultural criticism.'
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Inside Vibe's merger with Rolling Stone
Vibe magazine is merging with Rolling Stone to help bolster its hip-hop coverage to include podcasts, long-form journalism and social media.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
'Vibe magazine is merging with Rolling Stone to help bolster its hip-hop coverage.
Duke University Prof Mark Anthony Neal joins Here & Now to discuss what this merger means for the future of Black cultural criticism.'
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Duke University Prof Mark Anthony Neal joins Here & Now to discuss what this merger means for the future of Black cultural criticism.'
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For a Distinctive Black Culture, a Rerouted Parade Feels Like Erasure
The annual Penn Center Heritage Day Parade in South Carolina draws hundreds to celebrate the Gullah Geechee people. But a new route has Black residents feeling as if their legacy is vanishing.
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The annual Penn Center Heritage Day Parade in South Carolina draws hundreds to celebrate the Gullah Geechee people. But a new route has Black residents feeling as if their legacy is vanishing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/u...
For a Distinctive Black Culture, a Rerouted Parade Feels Like Erasure
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November 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
For a Distinctive Black Culture, a Rerouted Parade Feels Like Erasure
The annual Penn Center Heritage Day Parade in South Carolina draws hundreds to celebrate the Gullah Geechee people. But a new route has Black residents feeling as if their legacy is vanishing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/u...
The annual Penn Center Heritage Day Parade in South Carolina draws hundreds to celebrate the Gullah Geechee people. But a new route has Black residents feeling as if their legacy is vanishing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/u...
November 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"preserving and amplifying civil rights history in the Deep South has always been fraught. But museum officials and civic leaders in Atlanta said providing an unvarnished depiction of the movement required a renewed level of perseverance in the current climate."
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As Trump Recasts History, a Civil Rights Museum Sticks to a Messy Past
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November 9, 2025 at 1:11 AM
"preserving and amplifying civil rights history in the Deep South has always been fraught. But museum officials and civic leaders in Atlanta said providing an unvarnished depiction of the movement required a renewed level of perseverance in the current climate."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/a...
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Black-Owned Farms Fill Gaps Left by SNAP Funding Delays | @aallyahpatrice.bsky.social
From North Carolina to Mississippi, small businesses work to feed their communities while benefits are paused.
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From North Carolina to Mississippi, small businesses work to feed their communities while benefits are paused.
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Black-Owned Farms Fill Gaps Left by SNAP Funding Delays
From North Carolina to Mississippi, small businesses work to feed their communities while benefits are paused.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Black-Owned Farms Fill Gaps Left by SNAP Funding Delays | @aallyahpatrice.bsky.social
From North Carolina to Mississippi, small businesses work to feed their communities while benefits are paused.
capitalbnews.org/snap-crisis-... | @capitalb.bsky.social
From North Carolina to Mississippi, small businesses work to feed their communities while benefits are paused.
capitalbnews.org/snap-crisis-... | @capitalb.bsky.social
A Retrospective of Trailblazing Artist Faith Ringgold Centers Narratives of Black Americans
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A Retrospective of Trailblazing Artist Faith Ringgold Centers Narratives of Black Americans
Faith Ringgold is renowned for her story quilts, which combine fabric and embroidery with painted tableaux of scenes around Harlem and beyond.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
A Retrospective of Trailblazing Artist Faith Ringgold Centers Narratives of Black Americans
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"If you donate enough cash to Trump, you may receive favorable treatment, including immunity from the law. If you oppose Trump, you may be prosecuted.
This is not how a representative government works. It is how the Mafia works."
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This is not how a representative government works. It is how the Mafia works."
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The Mafia Presidency
Trump is saying, essentially, If you don’t want to get hurt, you’ll do what I say.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"If you donate enough cash to Trump, you may receive favorable treatment, including immunity from the law. If you oppose Trump, you may be prosecuted.
This is not how a representative government works. It is how the Mafia works."
theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1... | @theatlantic.com
This is not how a representative government works. It is how the Mafia works."
theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1... | @theatlantic.com
How Trump’s government shutdown is fueling anti-Black propaganda
Under the boot of an administration that would rather foment racism than end its manufactured crisis, the authoritarian president is willing to let millions of real people—regardless of race—starve.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/o...
Under the boot of an administration that would rather foment racism than end its manufactured crisis, the authoritarian president is willing to let millions of real people—regardless of race—starve.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/o...
How Trump’s government shutdown is fueling anti-Black propaganda - The Boston Globe
Under the boot of an administration that would rather foment racism than end its manufactured crisis, the authoritarian president is willing to let millions real people — regardless of race — starve.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
How Trump’s government shutdown is fueling anti-Black propaganda
Under the boot of an administration that would rather foment racism than end its manufactured crisis, the authoritarian president is willing to let millions of real people—regardless of race—starve.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/o...
Under the boot of an administration that would rather foment racism than end its manufactured crisis, the authoritarian president is willing to let millions of real people—regardless of race—starve.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/o...
The Spiritual Jazz of Alice Coltrane | Adam Shatz
Alice Coltrane reinvented her adoptive Hinduism by interweaving it with the music of the Black church.
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Alice Coltrane reinvented her adoptive Hinduism by interweaving it with the music of the Black church.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
The Spiritual Jazz of Alice Coltrane | Adam Shatz
Alice Coltrane reinvented her adoptive Hinduism by interweaving it with the music of the Black church.
www.nybooks.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The Spiritual Jazz of Alice Coltrane | Adam Shatz
Alice Coltrane reinvented her adoptive Hinduism by interweaving it with the music of the Black church.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Alice Coltrane reinvented her adoptive Hinduism by interweaving it with the music of the Black church.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
"But the question of how to thoughtfully transform a historic island into a functioning town is not just about the self-determination of small places. It is also increasingly about fighting gentrification..."
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On a South Carolina island, could local control help preserve Gullah heritage?
South Carolina’s Daufuskie Island retains a Lowcountry heritage as a home to descendants of enslaved people. Amid development pressures, residents are trying to chart their future.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
"But the question of how to thoughtfully transform a historic island into a functioning town is not just about the self-determination of small places. It is also increasingly about fighting gentrification..."
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