In this Issue

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Special Issue on African American Expressive Culture and Protest

Tanya Boucicaut
pp. 375-377
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Cloud of Witnesses

p. 378
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Abiding Faith amid Turmoil

John C. McNeill Jr.
p. 379
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Literary Circles

Tiffany Trent
pp. 380-382
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Being a Young Black Woman in Today’s Society . . .

Nylan J. Ntabazi
pp. 383-384
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(Re)Making the Folk: Black Representation and the Folk in Early American Folklore Studies

Ebony L. Bailey
pp. 385-417
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A Testament on the Challenges of Holding HANDS UP

Omiyẹmi Artisia Green
pp. 418-429
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My Blackness

Sharon Attipoe-Dorcoo
p. 430
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A Curly-Headed Dreamer

Jacqueline Desirea Mitchell
pp. 431-433
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Women, Art, and Hope in Black Lives Matter

Talesha Wilson, Ethan Sharp
pp. 434-443
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Blues Narrative: Blues People, COVID-19, and Civil Unrest

Lamont Jack Pearley
pp. 444-455
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You or Me: Song Lyrics

Marquise Knox
pp. 456-457
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Stitching Narratives That Matter: Baron Samedi Visits His New Orleans Cousins

Diana Baird N’Diaye
pp. 458-461
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An Open Letter to the Wickhams (and Other Descendants of Slave Owners)

Anand Prahlad
pp. 462-474
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Hindsight Beyond 2020

BlackLiq
pp. 475-481
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Go-Go Drums, Murals, and Other Weapons in the War for Black Lives

Natalie Hopkinson
pp. 482-491
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Because the movement, it’s never done

Natalie Battles, Kathi King
pp. 492-500
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Dreaming in Motion: Zoom Excerpts from Black Motion Pictures

Gabrielle Civil, Anna Martine Whitehead
pp. 501-512
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These Words

Khari Patrice Jackson
pp. 513-514
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Roger L. Janelli (1943–2021)

Hilary Finchum-Sung, Kyoim Yun
pp. 515-516
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Styling Blackness in Chile: Music and Dance in the African Diaspora by Juan Eduardo Wolf (review)

Yvonne Daniel
pp. 517-519
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Can’t Be Faded: Twenty Years in the New Orleans Brass Band Game by Stooges Brass Band and Kyle DeCoste (review)

Zada Johnson
pp. 519-520
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American Trickster: Trauma, Tradition, and Brer Rabbit by Emily Zobel Marshall (review)

Babacar M’Baye
pp. 520-522
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A Sound History: Lawrence Gellert, Black Musical Protest, and White Denial by Steven P. Garabedian (review)

Lamont Jack Pearley
pp. 522-523
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Sonya Clark: Tatter, Bristle, and Mend

Ashleigh Dior Coren
pp. 524-525
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George Floyd & Anti-Racist Street Art by Todd Lawrence, Paul Lorah and Heather Shirey (review)

Ronada Dominique
pp. 525-527
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Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Preservation Foundation by Lamont Jack Pearley (review)

Jerrilyn McGregory
pp. 527-529
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The Spirit of Protest in Black Culture by Rashaad Parker (review)

Tony M. Royle Jr.
pp. 529-531
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Cornbread, Earl and Me by Joseph Manduke (review)

Junious L. Brickhouse
p. 531
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The Color Purple by Steven Spielberg (review)

Kimber Thomas
pp. 531-532
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Daughters of the Dust by Julie Dash (review)

Marilyn M. White
pp. 532-533
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Spider Tales by Jake M. Blount (review)

Jessica Cushenberry
pp. 533-534
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Listen by Kyshona Armstrong (review)

Christina Harrison-Wilkins
pp. 534-536
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Information about Contributors

pp. 537-540
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