Author Archives: Eric Reed
Bean Pie and Black Muslims
Last week, I made a bunch of bean pies for my students and colleagues. This is all that was left of the four pies I made. This dessert, which is rarely found outside of African American Muslim communities and urban … Continue reading
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Juneteenth, Trump, and the Making of an American Holiday
There is no shortage of gaffes from this current presidential administration when it comes to opining on the African American past. First, there was Donald Trump’s commentary last year, on the 19th century radical abolitionist Frederick Douglass, whose death he … Continue reading
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