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Melvin L. Rogers

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  • Surviving a Wretched State

    A discussion on the difficulty of keeping faith in a foundationally anti-Black republic.
    by Melvin L. Rogers, Neil Roberts via Boston Review on November 15, 2023
  • Self-Portrait, by Samuel Joseph Brown Jr., a painting of a Black man looking at a portrait of himself.

    A Right to Paint Us Whole

    W.E.B. Du Bois’ message to African American artists.
    by Melvin L. Rogers via Lapham’s Quarterly on October 4, 2023
  • Still from Black Panther

    The Many Dimensions of "Black Panther"

    The blockbuster refuses to flatten its characters into simple heroes or villains — and that's exactly what makes it so refreshing.
    by Melvin L. Rogers via Dissent on February 27, 2018
  • Ta-Nehisi Coates.

    Keeping the Faith

    Ta-Nehisi Coates' latest book preaches political fatalism. But black activism has always believed in the possibility of change.
    by Melvin L. Rogers via Boston Review on November 1, 2017
Book
The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought
Melvin L. Rogers
2023

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