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      White Smoke, Black Pope? Pope Leo XIV, first US pontiff, has African roots
    • HABEMUS PAPAM: New Pope Selection Signals Church’s Concerns about Spread of US, Global Authoritarianism
      HABEMUS PAPAM: New Pope Selection Signals Church’s Concerns about Spread of US, Global Authoritarianism
    • EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
      EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
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    • HABEMUS PAPAM: New Pope Selection Signals Church’s Concerns about Spread of US, Global Authoritarianism
      HABEMUS PAPAM: New Pope Selection Signals Church’s Concerns about Spread of US, Global Authoritarianism
    • EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
      EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
    • What The Roman Catholic Church needs is a wholesale reset, not a new Pope
      What The Roman Catholic Church needs is a wholesale reset, not a new Pope
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    • Catholic Right Support isn’t the Only Reason Trump Believes He Can Get Away with Mockery of Catholicism
      Catholic Right Support isn’t the Only Reason Trump Believes He Can Get Away with Mockery of Catholicism
    • EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
      EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
    • My Book on The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity Was One of Hundreds Just Banned by the Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
      My Book on The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity Was One of Hundreds Just Banned by the Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
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    • Catholic Right Support isn’t the Only Reason Trump Believes He Can Get Away with Mockery of Catholicism
      Catholic Right Support isn’t the Only Reason Trump Believes He Can Get Away with Mockery of Catholicism
    • EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
      EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
    • Once Again the ADL Antisemitism Audit Overreaches — Including an Embarrassing Failure to Recognize a Jewish Ritual
      Once Again the ADL Antisemitism Audit Overreaches — Including an Embarrassing Failure to Recognize a Jewish Ritual
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A. E. Brooks-Key

A. E. Key-Brooks is an Associate Professor of African and African American Studies at Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina. His research focuses on the area of African American religious traditions in the 20th century. He currently teaches courses in the areas of African American Studies, 20th century African American history, and African American Religions.

Archive, Politics/Law, Racial JusticeJune 1, 2021

100 Years Later, Just Weeks After OK Bans Critical Race Theory, the Tulsa Race Massacre is Still Marginal History

By A. E. Brooks-Key

“Black Wall Street” is a name that has evoked pride in countless African Americans as…

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Archive, OMFG, Politics/Law, Racial JusticeApril 21, 2021

Beyond White Reasonable Doubt: Why I Cannot Fully Celebrate the Verdict Against [Let His Name Be Erased]

By A. E. Brooks-Key

“I was dreaming when I wrote this forgive me if it goes astray” – Prince …

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Archive, Christian Nationalism, OMFG, Racial JusticeApril 7, 2021

Times’ Link of NOI With Capitol Killer is Based on Flawed Comparison Between Rightwing Christian Nationalism and Black Religious Nationalism

By A. E. Brooks-Key

Here’s a quick quiz. Guess who wrote the following words: “Indeed I tremble for my…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Culture, OMFG, Racial JusticeMarch 24, 2021

What Passover Taught Me About Being Black

By A. E. Brooks-Key

As Passover approaches this weekend I often reminisce about how, as a young child, the…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Culture, Racial JusticeDecember 23, 2020

Why I’m Not Quite Sold on ‘Black Santa’

By A. E. Brooks-Key

Like many areas in American life, the symbols of Christmas are haunted by the specter…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Politics/LawOctober 13, 2020

‘Only Christopher They Acknowledge is Columbus’: The ‘Biblical’ Reason why Replacing Columbus Day is an Uphill Battle

By A. E. Brooks-Key

Note: For readers directed here by the newsletter, we apologize for the incorrect link. Read…

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(A)theologies, Archive, OMFG, Politics/Law, Racial JusticeJuly 29, 2020

‘The White Privileged Man’s Burden’: If Jesus Was White Who Are We to Question the ‘Privilege’ That Came With it?

By A. E. Brooks-Key

Religious institutions across America are seeking out anti-racist professionals in a long overdue attempt to…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Racial JusticeJuly 15, 2020

Before We Scold DeSean Jackson and Others For Anti-Semitism We Need To Talk About ‘Chosenness’

By A. E. Brooks-Key

Over the past week, two prominent African-American celebrities have been condemned for promoting anti-Semitism because…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Racial JusticeJune 30, 2020

Hey Hey, Ho Ho White Jesus Has to Go… But The Issue is More Complicated Than You Think

By A. E. Brooks-Key

As a child growing up in Louisville, Kentucky in the late 1970s a curious painting…

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(A)theologies, ArchiveJune 18, 2020

What is Juneteenth to America? It Has to Be More Than ‘Black 4th of July’ if It’s to Be Truly Meaningful

By A. E. Brooks-Key

There’s never been a time in American history when this nation hasn’t been anti-black. This…

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