There's always been really interesting, diverse black voices talking and arguing and counterpointing. — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
For the black author, and even the ex-slave narrator, creativity has often lain with the lie - forging an identity, 'making' one,… — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
There's always been really interesting, diverse black voices talking and arguing and counterpointing. — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
I think Barnum is at the center of American culture. He's helping to invent what we now think of as pop culture. He invented… — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
I do think there's a certain savviness to be able to recognize the way people want a good story, and I think that we… — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
Here are the facts: my folks grew up so poor that, in the words of Redd Foxx, there were twenty o's between the p… — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
Even Toni Morrison claiming Bill Clinton as 'black' could not prepare us for the election of America's first undeniably black president, Barack Obama. — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
A DJ draws a connection between two seemingly disparate things and says, 'Look, they are alike. You can dance to them.' — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
Forget reparations - we need to rescue aspects of black culture abandoned even by black folks, whether it is the blues or home cookin'… — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
I remember in the '80s, people would literally have arguments over the best guitarist. — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
In African-American culture, there's often a family historian, someone who does the genealogy or keeps the family Bible. I became aware that might be… — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
“Deep Song Belief is what buries us—that & the belief in belief— No longer do I trust liltlessness —leeward is the world's way—Go on… — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
