Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- You were either Black or white. To claim whiteness as a mixed child was to deny and hide Blackness. Our families understood that the world we were growing into would seek to denigrate this part of us and we would need a community that was made up, always and already, of all shades of Blackness.
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Berlin Film Festival: Critics hail new Bob Marley documentary The Telegraph 2012-02-16 Critics at the Berlin Film Festival have been unanimous in their praise of Kevin Macdonald’s new documentary ‘Marley’, which some have called the definitive biography of the reggae singer. Oscar-winning documentary maker Kevin Macdonald has made what critics are calling the definitive biography…
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Fearless Music: Garland Jeffreys ’65 Syracuse University Magazine Volume 28, Number 3 (Fall/Winter 2011) David Marc From his ’70s hit “Wild in the Streets” to his latest album, legendary singer-songwriter Garland Jeffreys has taken on life’s big issues with his own eclectic brand of music From the pages of The New Yorker to deep inside…
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MOsley WOtta Frontman Jason Graham to be Featured Guest on Mixed Chicks Chat Mixed Chicks Chat (The only live weekly show about being racially and culturally mixed. Also, founders of the Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival) Hosted by Fanshen Cox, Heidi W. Durrow and Jennifer Frappier Website: TalkShoe™ (Keywords: Mixed Chicks) Episode: #245 –…
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The man behind the legend Edmonton Journal Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 2012-02-14 Jay Stone, Postmedia News BERLIN – He was a musician, a spiritual leader, a ladies’ man, a smoker of heroic amounts of ganja, a political force and a religious icon. And, 31 years after his death, Bob Marley is still a chart-topper: His Legend…
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MFNW 2010: We are all MOsley WOtta Oregon Music News 2010-09-09 Aaron Brandt Jason Graham is MOsley WOtta. So are you, and so am I. That core message of commonality is one good reason why MOWO is quickly gaining such a vast following–that, and tracks full of realistic humor, a bit of brain, and some…
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MOsley WOtta Arts Beat Oregon Oregon Public Broadcasting TV 2011 Meet hip-hop artist Jason Graham and find out why “I am MOsley WOtta and so are you!” MOsley WOtta is a sly play-on-words meant to remind us that we are all “mostly water.” This inclusive, hip-hop reminder helps Bend-based man-behind-the-artist Jason Graham find family wherever…
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A Philippa Schuyler moment On an Overgrown Path 2011-08-02 John McLaughlin Williams Philippa Schuyler. Just hearing the name takes me back to a place in my childhood I have not revisited in memory more than a couple of times in decades. Philippa Schuyler’s name was but one of dozens lodged in my parent’s large sheet…
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Yellow Rose of Texas The Handbook of Texas Online Texas State Historical Association 2012-01-21 Jeffrey D. Dunn James Lutzweiler “The Yellow Rose of Texas,” one of the iconic songs of modern Texas and a popular traditional American tune, has experienced several transformations of its lyrics and periodic revivals in popularity since its appearance in the…
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It’s been a good year for Bend’s MOsley WOtta. The hip-hop group played shows around the state, opening for acts such as Ice Cube and Tricky. The band plans to close out this year with a New Year’s Eve show in Bend. That’s where the band will unveil its third official release, titled Amalgum X.…
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Johnny Otis, ‘Godfather of Rhythm and Blues,’ Dies at 90 New York Times 2012-01-19 Ihsan Taylor Johnny Otis, the musician, bandleader, songwriter, impresario, disc jockey and talent scout often called “the godfather of rhythm and blues,” died on Tuesday at his home in Altadena, Calif. He was 90. His death was confirmed by his manager,…