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Barack Obama at 60: His Life, His Work, His Living Legacy

Jul 23, 2021
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Journalism: What’s changed and what hasn’t in my 30 years in the business

Jul 20, 2021
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It’s Okay to Take Off Your ‘Strong Black Woman’ Mask

Jun 29, 2021
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Did Greed Derail a Handful of Tulsa Massacre Commemoration Events?

Jun 1, 2021
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A Journalist’s Guide to Financing Your Nonfiction Book Project

May 26, 2021
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Of Black Mothers, Daughters and Grandmothers

May 7, 2021
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The Complexities of Writing About Race and Identity

Apr 13, 2021
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The Complexities of Writing About Race and Identity

Apr 13, 2021
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This City Is A Multiracial Mecca

Apr 13, 2021
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When You’re Mixed-Race, Authenticity Is an Uphill Battle

Apr 13, 2021
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When You’re Mixed-Race, Authenticity Is an Uphill Battle

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The Shifting Definition of Mixed-Race in America

Apr 13, 2021
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Universities Are Still Struggling to Provide for Mixed-Race Students

Apr 13, 2021
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Revisiting Sounder: Cicely Tyson’s first Oscar nod

Feb 4, 2021
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Three Women Who Helped Their Sons Become Civil Rights Icons

Feb 2, 2021
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How Black Lives Matter Came to the Academy

Jan 30, 2021
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Kristal Brent Zook

Jan 30, 2021
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How the Brain Processes Mixed-Race Faces

Sep 23, 2019
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All in the Family: A Multicultural Memoir

Aug 6, 2019
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How Donald Trump's Travel Ban Attempts Have Deeply Wounded Black Families And Individuals

Jul 18, 2017
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Barack Obama at 60: His Life, His Work, His Living Legacy

Written By: Kristal Brent Zook The following is from the introduction to LIFE’s special issue...

Jul 23, 2021
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Journalism: What’s changed and what hasn’t in my 30 years in the business

Gone are X-Acto knives and fax machines but not our truth-telling mission Kristal Brent Zook Jul...

Jul 20, 2021
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It’s Okay to Take Off Your ‘Strong Black Woman’ Mask

An interview with the author of ‘Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen: The Emotional Lives of Black...

Jun 29, 2021
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Did Greed Derail a Handful of Tulsa Massacre Commemoration Events?

It’s disrespectful that three survivors are still living in poverty with no reparations in...

Jun 1, 2021
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A Journalist’s Guide to Financing Your Nonfiction Book Project

Because a lot of the time, the publisher’s advance just doesn’t cut it Kristal Brent Zook May 25·6...

May 26, 2021
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Of Black Mothers, Daughters and Grandmothers

Contemplating the new book, The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm...

May 7, 2021
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The Complexities of Writing About Race and Identity

This conversation has been lightly edited for space and clarity. ZORA: T. Kira, your book, “Long...

Apr 13, 2021
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The Complexities of Writing About Race and Identity

In this intimate Q&A, three authors discuss how they’re changing the narratives about people of...

Apr 13, 2021
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This City Is A Multiracial Mecca

Hint: It’s not where you might expect Kristal Brent Zook Sep 23, 2019·12 min read “Black. Ivory....

Apr 13, 2021
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When You’re Mixed-Race, Authenticity Is an Uphill Battle

Sonia Smith-Kang wears a lot of hats. She calls herself a multicultural activist but an equally...

Apr 13, 2021
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When You’re Mixed-Race, Authenticity Is an Uphill Battle

Proving who you are, and having others accept you as such, can be frustrating Kristal Brent...

Apr 13, 2021
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The Shifting Definition of Mixed-Race in America

Radical changes in U.S. demographics are reinventing what it means to be multiracial Kristal Brent...

Apr 13, 2021
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Universities Are Still Struggling to Provide for Mixed-Race Students

Coming from a multiracial background can leave some students feeling isolated Kristal Brent...

Apr 13, 2021
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Revisiting Sounder: Cicely Tyson’s first Oscar nod

Entertainment Weekly's new special edition, A Celebration of Black Film, explores more than a...

Feb 4, 2021
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Three Women Who Helped Their Sons Become Civil Rights Icons

THE THREE MOTHERS How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a...

Feb 2, 2021
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How Black Lives Matter Came to the Academy

On a Saturday night in early June, Shardé Davis, an assistant professor in the Department of...

Jan 30, 2021
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Kristal Brent Zook

Kristal Brent Zook is a professor of journalism at Hofstra University and the author of three...

Jan 30, 2021
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How the Brain Processes Mixed-Race Faces

A look at the stereotypes that inform our expectations Kristal Brent Zook Sep 23, 2019·7 min read...

Sep 23, 2019
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All in the Family: A Multicultural Memoir

IN THE COUNTRY OF WOMEN A Memoir By Susan Straight “They never tell us about the odysseys of...

Aug 6, 2019
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How Donald Trump's Travel Ban Attempts Have Deeply Wounded Black Families And Individuals

NurPhoto This feature originally appeared in the August 2017 Issue of ESSENCE Magazine. President...

Jul 18, 2017
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