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fmckindra.bsky.social

@fmckindra.bsky.social

Writer. Editor. Oxford American. ARKTimes. frederickmckindra.com

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My latest essay for the @arktimes.bsky.social on the legacy of novelist E. Lynn Harris and whether the U of A's culture leaves space for Black gay Arkansans.

Arkansas Times@arktimes.bsky.social

White heteronormativity has long dominated the University of Arkansas. What does that mean for Black gay Arkansans?

What’s really terrifying is knowing that vouchers were originally a tactic of white segregationists to avoid integration in the first place. Mined from the same playbook that birthed Seg Academies back in tha day.

Arkansas Times@arktimes.bsky.social

Newly released data shows white families are most likely to cash in on Arkansas' school vouchers, while Black and Hispanic students are underrepresented in the program. Are taxpayer-funded vouchers bankrolling a new era of segregation in schools? arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

Nice getting the chance to chop it up with Photographer Harlan Bozeman about his forthcoming work.

Arkansas Times@arktimes.bsky.social

In “Out the E,” Arkansas photographer Harlan Bozeman considers the legacy of the Elaine Massacre of 1919 while prioritizing the lives of the Delta town’s present-day inhabitants.

Such a thrill to edit this piece from my former editor at Buzzfeed Reader @theferocity.bsky.social .

Oxford American@oxfordamerican.bsky.social

“Maybe to distract myself from the question of loneliness, I’m working to chart the depths of my ride with Mister Anthony.” @theferocity.bsky.social considers a conversation he had with his Lyft driver, Mister Anthony, where they discuss a shared pull to New Orleans. 🔗: https://shorturl.at/f2rJl

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We are thrilled to announce the Oxford American Roundtable discussion on the state of Humanities training at HBCUs—available to view on the OA’s YouTube channel on Wednesday, August 19.

Movin' On Up! My essay exploring class aspiration and ascension in late 60s era Little Rock.

Arkansas Times@arktimes.bsky.social

Sitting just west of University Ave. on a small slice of land, the University Park neighborhood began in the late 1960s as an idea, a stubborn redoubt against the notion that Black citizens should be corralled in the old eastern and southern zones of LR.

My priviledge to essay on my former elementary school and the neighborhood that surrounded it, now largely gone too.

Arkansas Times@arktimes.bsky.social

Thirty-five years ago, an LRSD elementary with a court-mandated 50/50 racial balance became one of the most sought-after schools in the state. Now, the campus in Little Rock’s faded East End stands empty.

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