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17 hours ago ago from Phillis Remastered

It’s officially the Christmas holidays, and I hope it doesn’t disappoint you to know I’m not really a cocoa-drinking, sitting-around-the-tree-and/or-fire kind of sister. And let’s not even talk about participating in Kwanzaa. I don’t knock it, but I like my made-up holidays to be several hundred years old before I become a willing zealot. No offense, y’all. I like to spend a lot of time by myself over the holidays, taking stock of my ...

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Fifty African Descent Religious and Biblical Scholars You need to Know (Part III)

10 hours ago ago from Christ, My Righteousness

Fifty African Descent Religious and Biblical  Scholars You need to Know (Part III)   21.   Dwight N. Hopkins   (Ph.D.Union; Ph.D.Cape Town) Works: Being Human:Race, Culture, and Religion (2005);  Liberation Theologies, Post-Modernitty, and the Americas (1999, co-editor); Shoes That Fit Our Feet: Sources for a Constructive Black Theology (1993); Down Up, and Over: Slave Religion and Black Theology (2000); Cut Loose Your ...

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21 hours ago ago from The Collective Conscious

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11 hours ago ago from Go Duluth Schools

This is the time of year to gather together with families and unite with one another to celebrate Kwanzaa, an African American tradition. Fellowship, soul food and cultural activities will be held Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Washington Center Gymnasium. This event is sponsored by the ISD 709 African American Cultural Center. For more information, contact Jebeh Edmunds at 218.733.2172, ext 333. About Kwanzaa By Dr. Maulana ...

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Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry

12 hours ago ago from Dark Parables - Reviews from a Christian Sister

Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry Camille T. Dungy University of Georgia Press, 2009 ISBN-10: 978-0820334318 Here's the blurb: "Black Nature" is the first anthology to focus on nature writing by African American poets, a genre that until now has not commonly been counted as one in which African American poets have participated. Black poets have a long ...

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4 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

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4 hours ago ago from U.S. News

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