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12/17/20 12/17/20

Review: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Adapted from August Wilson’s 1982 stage play, Ma Rainey tells the fictionalized story of recording artist Ma Rainey and her band as they record an album in Chicago. Set in the 1920s, the subjects of race, prejudice, and exploitation sit at the story’s forefront. The movie speaks to the Black condition in America both then and now.

12/10/20 12/10/20

The Gift of...(Part 1)

12/6/20 12/6/20

PTM: Reading While Black with Dr. Esau McCaulley

12/2/20 12/2/20

Editor's Pick: A Psalm for a Time of Breathlessness

Lord, we cry out in our breathlessness for you.How long, O Lord, until we breathe again?

12/1/20 12/1/20

Southern Baptist seminary presidents reaffirm their commitment to whiteness

Southern Baptist leaders have chosen to prop up whiteness.It is ironic that in their statement, these Southern Baptist seminary presidents claim they are "standing against the tide of theological compromise."There is no form of theological compromise that is more American than vigorously opposing those who advocate for racial justice while remaining silent about the racism and whiteness running rampant in the church.