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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello all,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We write to share Volume II from Spark: a 4C4Equality Journal, which celebrates 50 years of Black studies. Edited by Dr. Sherri Craig, West Chester University and Dr. Karrieann Soto Vega, University of Kentucky, the issue features interviews,
reflections, and columns addressing intersectionality, hashtags, historical elements, the Black Lives Matter movement, and more! Volume II can be accessed here:
<a href="https://sparkactivism.com/volume-2-call/vol-2-intro">https://sparkactivism.com/volume-2-call/vol-2-intro</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The issue includes the following pieces:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Interviews</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Black Studies & Writing Studies Potentialities</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">with Talisha Haltiwanger Morrison, University of Oklahoma</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Intersectionality of Black Studies, Queerness, Sexuality, Gender, and Class</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">with Eric Darnell Pritchard, University of Arkansas</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Reflections</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Changing Same of American Racism: African American Rhetoric and the Rejection of Normalcy</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">by Brandon M. Erby, University of Kentucky</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Black as Gravitas: Reflections of a Black Composition Studies</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">by Carmen Kynard, Texas Christian University</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Columns</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">#BlackStudy the Past to Find Hope in the Future</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">by Stephanie Jones, Syracuse University</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Our Story Had to be Told! A Look at the Intersection of the Black Campus Movement and Black Digital Media</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">by Ja'La Wourman, Michigan State University & Shingi Mavima, University of Toledo</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hybridity and the Return to the Rural South in Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">by Houda Hamdi, La Commission Scolaire de Montréal & Christ-Roi (Longeuuil, Canada)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Juanita Williamson and the HBCU Influence in Writing Instruction</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">by Elizabeth Baddour, University of Memphis</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Errol Rivers</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Spark Graduate Editorial Assistant</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Teaching Assistant | Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication PhD Student
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<p class="MsoNormal">University of Memphis</p>
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