Mastodawn

Randal Maurice Jelks Mar 25, 2023

Ethical lessons from Black Freedom Struggles https://randalmauricejelks.substack.com/p/engaging-black-freedom-struggles

Engaging Black Freedom Struggles

Ethical Lessons from American History

Notes from the Black Bottom

Randal Maurice Jelks Mar 22, 2023

This is better than an Italian soap opera, which is Italy’s politics The porn star, the checks and the president: Trump’s tawdry path to peril https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/21/trump-stormy-payments/

The porn star, the checks and the president: Trump’s tawdry path to peril

The first indictment of a former president may result from an episode with a long, rippling tail of criminal consequence.

The Washington Post

Randal Maurice Jelks Mar 16, 2023

Being woke has been politically trivialized by rhetoric, but here’s a factual history of being woke https://randalmauricejelks.substack.com/p/stay-woke

Stay Woke

and be conscious of the world around you

Notes from the Black Bottom

Randal Maurice Jelks Mar 4, 2023

My take on issues of sexuality going on in #blackamerica https://randalmauricejelks.substack.com/p/who-belongs-democracy-and-it-quandries

Who Belongs? Democracy and it Quandaries

Black Struggle and Sexual Citizenship

Notes from the Black Bottom

Randal Maurice Jelks Mar 4, 2023

Interesting analysis of #ChicagoMayoralRunoff https://inthesetimes.com/article/chicago-mayor-election-brandon-johnson-paul-vallas-lori-lightfoot

After a Stunning Election, the Future of Chicago Is Up for Grabs

Incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot is out and voters now face a choice between former public school teacher Brandon Johnson and corporate education reformer Paul Vallas.

In These Times

Randal Maurice Jelks Mar 2, 2023

They fought to protect their interests to the end! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/01/arts/music/de-la-soul-catalog-streaming.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

De La Soul’s Music Is Finally Back. It’s a Bittersweet Victory.

The influential rap trio’s catalog has long been absent from streaming services. Now its first six albums will be available, just weeks after the death of one of its members.

The New York Times

Randal Maurice Jelks Feb 27, 2023

Thoroughly enjoyed this interview that aired last night #kprpresents https://kansaspublicradio.org/podcast/kpr-presents/2023-02-26/kpr-presents-letter-to-martin

KPR Presents: Letter to Martin

We celebrate Black History Month on this week's KPR Presents as Dr. Randall Jelks joins us to talk about his book, Letters to Martin: Meditations on Democracy in Black America.

Kansas Public Radio

Randal Maurice Jelks Feb 26, 2023

Gratitude @kprnews #kprpresents and #kayemcintyre for a dynamic #interview #letterstomartinmeditiationsondemocracyinblackamerica! I’m grateful for the time Kaye took with the 📕 The episode airs tonight, Sunday at 6PM CST. listen in! #podcast lnkd.in/gEBUqriT

Randal Maurice Jelks Feb 23, 2023

Black Teachers & the AP Examines https://randalmauricejelks.substack.com/p/black-teachers-and-ap-african-american?sd=pf

Black Teachers & AP African American Studies Examination

It has been over fifty years since I entered AP English at South Shore High School in Chicago. My teacher, Gladys Woods, a tall stately Black woman, incorporated into our AP prep, which was strictly an Anglo-Eurocentric curriculum, the likes of Chinua Achebe, James Baldwin, Gwendolyn Brooks, Margaret Walker, and Richard Wright. She challenged us to understand how Dostoevsky’s

Notes from the Black Bottom

Randal Maurice Jelks Feb 23, 2023

We’ve erased Black immigrants from our story, obscuring a racist system https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2023/02/23/immigration-black-history-racism-asylum/

We’ve erased Black immigrants from our story, obscuring a racist system

We see our history of racism against Black Americans as distinct from our immigration policy, but the two are actually deeply intertwined.

The Washington Post