Articles by Trevon D. Logan, Ph.D.
Thu Feb 06 2025
A Brief History of Black Names
Scholars have long considered distinctively Black names to be a product of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements, but recent research shows that Black names have been around for centuries.
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