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Samuel Boudreau wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 3 years, 3 months ago
Earlier, we discussed the symbolism of the train in Hurston’s Jonah’s Gourd Vine, Reverend J.M. Gates’ “Death’s Black Train is Coming,” along with a secondary article, John M. Giggie’s After Redemption: Jim C […]
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Samuel Boudreau wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 3 years, 4 months ago
In “The Tale of Two Cities in James Baldwin’s Go Tell it on the Mountain,” Charles Scruggs of the University of Arizona argues that while many view Baldwin’s work as a Bildungsroman or as a particular […]
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Samuel Boudreau commented on the post, Support for Christians in the LGBTQ+, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 3 years, 4 months ago
Hi Rekik,
I totally agree with your blog. In response to the third prompt, as you said, there seems tot be a large amount of religious leaders/organizations who still view homosexuality as a sin, and I wonder […]
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Samuel Boudreau commented on the post, Not the Question, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 3 years, 4 months ago
Hi Cole,
I agree with your disagreement with the question, “disruption of normative discourses,” and I would like to focus on the term “normative” and ask, who gets to decide what the “normative” is? Around the […]
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Samuel Boudreau wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 3 years, 4 months ago
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In “Homophobia and Heterosexism in the Black Church and Community,” Kelly Brown Douglas “outline[s] the general contours of [Black homophobia] as it seeks to understand the re […]
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Samuel Boudreau wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 3 years, 4 months ago
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In “Very Many Hands,” Aaron Coleman establishes the landscape for his book, “Threat Come Close,” a collection of poems, by understanding the stories and experiences of mig […]
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Samuel Boudreau commented on the post, Boycott's Music Symbolism, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 3 years, 5 months ago
Hi Maya, I greatly enjoyed reading this post and listening to the song that you included. While Boycott’s ending is comprehensive and compelling, might you possibly identify why the ending of four little girls […]
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Samuel Boudreau commented on the post, Keep. Moving. Forward., on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 3 years, 5 months ago
Hi Ty, I greatly enjoyed reading your post regarding the end of Boycott. As you note, it is important to realize that the Movement was not linear and clear cut. Do you believe that the ending of 4 little girls is […]
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Samuel Boudreau wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 3 years, 5 months ago
Mr. and Mrs. Chris McNair hold a picture of their daughter, Denise, 11, in Birmingham, September 16, 1963, as they tell a newsman about the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. One day earlier, Denise […]
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Samuel Boudreau commented on the post, Black, White, and Read All Over, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 3 years, 5 months ago
Hi Hannah,
What a terrific post! I really like how you talk about how the newspaper headlines parallel Melba’s personal experiences, and how they offer an outsider’s view into the boiling tensions in Little […] -
Samuel Boudreau wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 3 years, 5 months ago
Reporter interviewing one of the Little Rock Nine 1957. Photo by Burt Glinn.Courtesy of History Collection
In the early stages of Warriors Don’t Cry, the newspaper is seen as an everyday part of Melba’s life […]
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Samuel Boudreau commented on the post, Is the Importance of Family Heritage Fading?, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 3 years, 5 months ago
Hi Cole, To support this claim, I’m thinking about how the Dash article mentioned how Dash wanted to deviate from the typical Hollywood story. Especially in the opening scenes, there are many scenes, such as the […]
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Samuel Boudreau commented on the post, The Usage of Snead, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 3 years, 5 months ago
Hi Jackeb,
I think you bring up a couple off really interesting points about Mr. Snead in this movie. I appreciate how you identify that he serves many purposes throughout the film. As a viewer, it was really […] -
Samuel Boudreau wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 3 years, 6 months ago
As John makes is way to Alf Pearson’s plantation, he hears a sound which rattles his conscience, as the rumbling of a locomotive thunders by (Hurston, p.15). Astonished, by the “fiery-lunged monster, John tries to […]
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Samuel Boudreau commented on the post, Celebrity Preachers, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 3 years, 6 months ago
Hi Rekik, this is an interesting post on how the success of a preacher can impact how they view themselves. My question to you is how do you think the popularity of Zeke and his family changed how they viewed […]
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Samuel Boudreau commented on the post, Representation for Whom?, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 3 years, 6 months ago
Hi Ty,
You bring up a lot of great points, and I think, to answer your question, the film further damaged the black subconscious self image by attempting to show that the social movements of the 1920s would be […] -
Samuel Boudreau wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 3 years, 6 months ago
In the early twentieth century, the symbolism of the train in the Mississippi Delta was at the center of African American religious perspectives. As noted in John M. Giggie’s After Redemption: Jim Crow and […]
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