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Octavia Butler
video of Butler interview and images of author and books
Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting: Black-Asian Relations in the 1990s
Explains how the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act and the "model minority" myth contributed to cross-racial tensions between African Americans and Asians in the 1990s. Also discusses productive cross-cultural exchange and possibilities for…
Because I am a man, I cannot love another man?
Discusses the down low phenomenon of the 1990s and today.
Spike Lee in the 90s: Mo Better Blues to Summer of Sam
A brief look at some of Spike Lee's most influential films of the 1990s and the subsequent impact of those films.
Representations of Black Gay Men in “Paris is Burning” & “Tongues Untied”
This source examines the differing representations of gay Black and Latino and transgender communities between "Paris is Burning" and "Tongues Untied."
41 Shots...and Many Shots Later: The Police killing of Amadou Diallo and its Aftermath
This source recounts the police killing of Amadou Diallo on February 4, 1999.
McMillan and Harris: The Mother and Father of Black Fiction
An analysis on McMillan and Harris's influence on African American fiction.
The Black Imagination and Possibility: Afrofuturist Aesthetics in the 90s and Beyond
This resource discusses coinage of the term "Afrofuturism" and manifestations of this aesthetic form in black cultural production, predating the 90s, during the 90s, and post-90s.
Pass the Blunt!
The impact of weed use from then to now