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Jackeb-Eligah Milan commented on the post, Robertson's Personal Narrative of Resolution in Four Little Girls, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020)

Wed, 14 Oct 2020 02:24:56 +0000

Hey Lauren, I appreciate your outlook on the endings of the movies! It was nice to see a fresh opinion that “went against the grain” of the other opinions, including my own. I can now see the power in the ending […]

Jackeb-Eligah Milan wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020)

Tue, 13 Oct 2020 14:03:15 +0000

When examining the films, Boycott (Clark Johnson) and Four Little Girls (Spike Lee), their impact on and illustration of the past and ongoing battles with equality is prominent. While the endings of both of the […]

Jackeb-Eligah Milan wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020)

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 02:02:00 +0000

Within Julie Dash’s film, Daughters of the Dust, there is a character that she put in the film’s plot that is detached from the film’s main focus group (the Peazant family). This character is the photographer Mr. […]

Jackeb-Eligah Milan wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020)

Thu, 27 Aug 2020 06:27:46 +0000

The chapter, “Train Travel and the Black Religious Imagination” in the book After Redemption: Jim Crow and the Transformation of African American Religion in the Delta by John M. Giggie deals with Delta blacks and […]

Jackeb-Eligah Milan wrote a new post on the site Lose Your Mother

Tue, 07 May 2019 21:33:10 +0000

For the first time in American history we potentially may have an African-American speaker of the House. In 230 years total, there haven’t been any that have even come close in the runnings for the position. C […]

Jackeb-Eligah Milan wrote a new post on the site Lose Your Mother

Tue, 07 May 2019 18:34:56 +0000

In Minnesota, for the first time, a police officer was convicted of murder from an on-duty killing. The jury found Mohamed Noor, a Somali and Muslim police officer, guilty of the murder of Justine Ruszczyk, a […]

Jackeb-Eligah Milan wrote a new post on the site Lose Your Mother

Thu, 04 Apr 2019 10:23:33 +0000

I first learned of the “Igbo Landing Legend” from my class, ‘Jazz & African American Literature’. I had found it interesting and very moving. The legend takes place in 1803, and is referred to by some as the […]

Jackeb-Eligah Milan wrote a new post on the site Lose Your Mother

Thu, 04 Apr 2019 00:51:15 +0000

Within the years 2015 and 2016 in the United States, violence against blacks as well as racial injustices reached a peak. With many unjustified police shootings (black males aged 15-34 were nine times mor […]

Jackeb-Eligah Milan wrote a new post on the site Lose Your Mother

Thu, 14 Feb 2019 00:28:01 +0000

Django Unchained is a film that was written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and released in 2012. It has been a part of conversations of controversy for how it portrays certain aspects of the time era that it is […]

Jackeb-Eligah Milan became a registered member

Thu, 17 Jan 2019 02:46:29 +0000