A Note to the Dumb

The Bard of Barbecue

Adrian Miller is a lawyer by training, a church council director by profession and a soul food scholar by avocation. And what people most want to talk to him about is a perfectly cooked sparerib.

by Deni Ellis Béchard

Black, Pregnant and Grieving

‘For some of us, the journey to motherhood comes at a higher cost.’

by Herbrina Sanders

Black Breath Matters

How can what’s happening in America not weigh on our collective conscience?

by Dionne Hill

Being the Light I Wish to See

I went overboard once. Now I do it as often as I can.

by Janet Savage

My Dinner with a Klansman

Cassandra Knight, ’91, JD ’94, and her mother find themselves face-to-face with a former grand dragon of the KKK.

by Deni Ellis Béchard

The Power of Place

Inside the museum that shimmers with light on the National Mall—“a rich picture of African American life.”