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Irma McClaurin

Irma McClaurin

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Apr 29

Never Lost in Translation:

August Wilson’s Play “Jitney”—Black Italian Style Launches Midwestern Tour in May

Never Lost in Translation:

Irma McClaurin

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Feb 24

When History is Written about a Once Perfect-Imperfect Democracy…

When History is Written about a Once Perfect-Imperfect Democracy…

Irma McClaurin

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Feb 14

In Memoriam: Miss You Sistahanthropologist A. Lynn Bolles

In Memoriam: Miss You Sistahanthropologist A. Lynn Bolles

Irma McClaurin

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Dec 31, 2025

Zee Edgell: Literary Genius from Belize — Gone, But Not Forgotten (October 21, 1940–December 20…

Photo Credit: Gary Harwood, (c)Kent State University, Kent State Archives, 1994.

Zee Edgell: Literary Genius from Belize — Gone, But Not Forgotten (October 21, 1940–December 20…

Irma McClaurin

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Dec 10, 2024

Nikki Giovanni-Black Poetic Angel at Rest

((for Nikki Giovanni, June 7, 1943 — December 9, 2024) (

Nikki Giovanni-Black Poetic Angel at Rest

Irma McClaurin

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Nov 7, 2024

America, Do NOT Despair—The Poem

American Democracy is in danger.

America, Do NOT Despair—The Poem

Irma McClaurin

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Nov 5, 2024

The Irma McClaurin Black Feminist Archive is Real!!

The Irma McClaurin Black Feminist Archive is Real!!

Irma McClaurin

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Jul 25, 2024

A Belated Tribute to Bernice Reagon, who gave the Civil Rights Movement a Beat and Music

Author’s photo 2009

A Belated Tribute to Bernice Reagon, who gave the Civil Rights Movement a Beat and Music

Irma McClaurin

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Jul 23, 2024

The “It’s About Time” Rise of Kamala Harris as Presidential Candidate, the Donald Trump Dragon…

I am not trying to scare you; but be forewarned: do NOT mess with a woman whose bloodlines carry the ancestral spirits of Yemaya and Kali…

The “It’s About Time” Rise of Kamala Harris as Presidential Candidate, the Donald Trump Dragon…

Irma McClaurin

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Feb 16, 2024

Why the 2024 AAA (American Anthropological Association) Conference in Florida MUST Take Place

Co-authored with Susan Hyatt, PhD

Why the 2024 AAA (American Anthropological Association) Conference in Florida MUST Take Place

Irma McClaurin

Irma McClaurin

Award-winning author/ anthropologist/consultant & past prez of Shaw U. Forthcoming: JUSTSPEAK: Race, Culture & Politics in America: https://linktr.ee/dr.irma

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