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Vol. 47 No. 2 (2021): Heirloom: Preserving HBCU Futures
Vol. 47 No. 2 (2021): Heirloom: Preserving HBCU Futures
Published:
2022-11-16
ESSAYS
Heirloom—Planting as We Rise
Sheree Renée Thomas, Danielle L. Littlefield, Danian Darrell Jerry
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Up from Slavery: Historically Black Colleges & the Struggle for Black Futures
Reynaldo Anderson
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The King's English: An Afrofuturist Analysis of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Diction
Kelvin Cotton Jr.
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My JSU: A Full Circle Legacy
helen j. crump
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Unrest: 21st Century Ghost Boys Laying Wreaths for Emmett Till
Shanna L. Smith
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Seeking an Aesthetic of Union: Considering Selected Works of Betye Saar & Ntozake Shange
V Efua Prince
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POETRY
In Which Pecola Flies Above . . .
Ariana Benson
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The Immortal Underground Forest, or My Family Trees (A Contrapuntal)
Ariana Benson
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Haibun Trying to Define (Black) Love
Ariana Benson
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Origin Theory (as seen through a broken mirror)
Ariana Benson
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Breauna Does an Onomastic Reading
Breauna L. Roach
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Oya as Tornado
Breauna L. Roach
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Declaration
Breauna L. Roach
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Fiya Wata
Carmin Wong
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Autobiography for the body that won't leave
Carmin Wong
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Cracking Coconut
Carmin Wong
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fleeing home
Carmin Wong
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Black Dudes with Gator Shoes
Mona Lisa Saloy
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7th Ward Daily Fare: or Black Creole Talk
Mona Lisa Saloy
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Resurrection Sunday, Tree Top Visits
Mona Lisa Saloy
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Elusive
Lenard D. Moore
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Erros
Douglas Kearney
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Mysteries! Give Me Power
Douglas Kearney
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Ow
Douglas Kearney
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Go2 The Wilderness from Act 1, Scene 2: "SEV|R|L |ANG|AGES LY_NG TO _ETHER T|GHT_Y" (AKA DOWN IN DA HOLD)
Douglas Kearney
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Go2 The Wilderness from Act 1, Scene 3: "SAIL ON, SAIL ON, OL' SHIP . . ." (AKA ONE AFTER MNP RMX)
Douglas Kearney
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Go2 The Wilderness from Act 2, Scene 5: "ANOTHER LIGHT APPEARS IN THE WILDERNESS . . ." (MAROON AF)
Douglas Kearney
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Mystery: Dat Feeling
Douglas Kearney
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Green Sorrow
Roman Johnson
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Moonlight in Du Bois Hall
Roman Johnson
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Come
Roman Johnson
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The Lily Seashore
Roman Johnson
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Holler
Roman Johnson
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Breathing in the Ruins
Tony Medina
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Ode to Bodega Cats
Tony Medina
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If I Was the Bible in Trump's Hand
Tony Medina
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Miguel Se Fue
Tony Medina
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(un)american sonnet #2
Tangela Mitchell
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havin' a party
Tangela Mitchell
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Renovations
Ashley Mack-Jackson
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Ecumenical Service
Ashley Mack-Jackson
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19 Weeks 2 Days, 5 Weeks to Viability, 5 Weeks 4 Days Past Transabdominal Cerclage, Cervix 4.1cm–Long & Closed
Ashley Mack-Jackson
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Day's End Prayersong: A Remix
Shalewa Mackall
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House Threatens June
Patricia Biela
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Fred L. Joiner
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Born Digital
Fred L. Joiner
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W(h)it(e)ness: You St NW, DC
Fred L. Joiner
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Extremities
Fred L. Joiner
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Terra, Nullius, Coda
Fred L. Joiner
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On Mangoes
Fred L. Joiner
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the thief's mother
Bro. Yao (Hoke S. Glover III)
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Koan #2 The Secret
Bro. Yao (Hoke S. Glover III)
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Tree of Life (Black Colleges Be Here)
C. Liegh McInnis
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In a Family Way
Tashe House
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Earhustled Conversation Last Sunday, Green Line Metro
Derrick Weston Brown
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The Cartographer Speaks on Ass
Derrick Weston Brown
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A War Chant/Grief Song for Breonna Taylor
Derrick Weston Brown
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For My Old Breonna Home
Truth Thomas
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Stamps
Truth Thomas
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There Are Black Lives Matter Signs
Truth Thomas
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Counter Punching
Alan King
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In Remembrance
Alan King
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Gluttony
Alan King
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sleeping beauty
Tamara Hollins
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Mama
Tamara Hollins
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The Negro League
E. Ethelbert Miller
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From the Diary of the Black Houdini
E. Ethelbert Miller
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Trapped Inside the Glove: The American Pitch
E. Ethelbert Miller
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What We Live For Is What We Die For
E. Ethelbert Miller
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This Place Is Mud Cloth
Melanie Henderson
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Sweeping Barry Farm
Melanie Henderson
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Collette
Melanie Henderson
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Jury Duty
Melanie Henderson
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My Name Is Peaches
Melanie Henderson
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Joshua Johnson's Portrait of Adelia Ellender
Maya L. James
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Microfiche of a Memory
Maya L. James
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Matilda
Maya L. James
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Conch Shell Prayer . . .
Maya L. James
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INTERVIEWS
The Land of Jericho: A Conversation with Jericho Brown
Danielle L. Littlefield
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Founding Planet Deep South as a Vehicle for HBCU Worldbuilding: In Conversation with John Jennings with Reflections by Clinton R. Fluker & Ytasha L. Womack
Rico D. Chapman
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CONTRIBUTORS
Contributors
Colleen Major
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FICTION
Grandpa's Hands
Milton Davis
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The Eternal Life of the Sun Kings (from The Opening of the Mouth)
Chantal James
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Kara Lyn & the Southside Curse
Kiara Lowe
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Prelude to a Circle
C. Liegh McInnis
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Dare the Breeze
Tuere T. S. Ganges
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Into Her Own
RaShell R. Smith-Spears
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Space Porters
Terence Hampton Jr.
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The Backfire
RaShell R. Smith-Spears
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Porto Rock Pegasus
Tony Medina
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CREATIVE NONFICTION
Ships at a Distance
Andrew J. Skerritt
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VISUAL ART
Fear of a Black Future
Black Kirby
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Blood Cotton
Black Kirby
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Pan Afro Confederate
Black Kirby
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Resurrection of Black Power
Black Kirby
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Planet Deep South Save the Date
Black Kirby
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ATLien
Black Kirby
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Homage to Home
Lakesha S. Moore
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Collective Sentiment
Lakesha S. Moore
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Promise
Lakesha S. Moore
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Dreamkeeper: In Her Eyes
Lakesha S. Moore
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Self Portrait
Antwoine Washington
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Vegan
Antwoine Washington
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Black Planet
Antwoine Washington
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Water Knows
Antwoine Washington
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Black Family
Antwoine Washington
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Promise
Andrea Walls
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Jump
Andrea Walls
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Finding Her Shadow
Melanie Henderson
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Lotus
Melanie Henderson
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Aunt Liza
R. Rashaan Gardner
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Madonna & Child
Kenyatta Stewart
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Now You See Me
Mary Finney
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Stargazer's Charm
Mary Finney
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Untitled
Mary Finney
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Wishes & Growth
Mary Finney
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All Her Glory
Mary Finney
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Wings
Shanell Kitt
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Internal
Shanell Kitt
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Destination
Shanell Kitt
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Desmond Richardson as Marvel's Equinox
Stacey Robinson
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Cybertrap
John Jennings
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