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Kevin Alexander Gray
The Soul Will Find a Way
15 Mar 2023
Kevin Alexander Gray mixed the political and the cultural as he evoked life for Black people in the rural south and made connections with James Brown in one beautiful essay.
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How to Help Haiti
15 Mar 2023
Kevin Alexander Gray co-wrote this article after a trip to post-earthquake Haiti.
Kevin Alexander Gray
Obama and Black America
15 Mar 2023
Kevin Alexander Gray analyzed Barack Obama's presidential election and its negative impact on Black people and their politics.
Kevin Alexander Gray
The Soul Will Find a Way
08 Jan 2020
Even in the era of the “African-American” tag, there’s no shaking black – because James Brown made it cool to be black.
Kevin Alexander Gray
Nelson Mandela and Collective Power
16 Apr 2014
by Kevin Alexander Gray Whatever verdict history decrees on three decades of nominal Black rule in South Africa, one thing is certain: Nelson Mandela is not the only person responsible. The…
Kevin Alexander Gray
Ignorance is No Excuse
22 Feb 2012
by Kevin Alexander Gray Jeremy Lin may be an ethnic novelty, but there’s nothing new or fresh about the way some folks have reacted to his displays of skill. “One can never underestimate the…
Kevin Alexander Gray
Blacks and Obama: Unconditional, Unrequited Love?
07 Sep 2011
by Kevin Alexander Gray The jilted lover is the last to know. Although African Americans cling desperately to the hope that Barack Obama is, in his heart of hearts, on their side, “it is clear…
Kevin Alexander Gray
Budget Shows Obama is Lap Dog for GOP
16 Feb 2011
by Kevin Alexander Gray The 2012 budget proposal looks like it arrived straight from GOP headquarters, but it’s signed “Barack Obama.” The First Black President “seems totally willing ‘to…