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Jerald Walker
Crip-Walking at the Commencement: Jerald Walker on the Shifting Significance of Black Gestures
The Author of “Magically Black and Other Essays” Reflects on Serena Williams, Gang Signs, and “Scaring the White Folks”
By
Jerald Walker
| September 10, 2024
Jerald Walker Gets a Bad Haircut... and It All Goes Downhill From There
Whatever You Do, Stay Away From the "Kaleshion"
By
Jerald Walker
| November 5, 2020
Navigating a World That Sees My Black Son's Suffering as Incidental
Jerald Walker on the Systemic Disregard of the Medical Establishment
By
Jerald Walker
| November 13, 2019
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