Tierra R. Wilkins
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Washington, DC, United States
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Past articles by Tierra:
Author Aisha Sabatini Sloan on the power of art, crowdsourcing — and meeting Muhammad Ali
Aisha Sabatini Sloan’s new book will knock you to your knees. In Dreaming of Ramadi in Detroit (1913 Press), she meditates on the United States’ tumultuous exis… → Read More
Neil deGrasse Tyson to Kyrie Irving: “I’m glad you play basketball instead of serve as head of NASA”
Celebrity astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson likes to talk. Loves it. When you ask the New York native and director of the Hayden Planetarium a question, his vo… → Read More
Singer Lalah Hathaway supports the players, but will not be watching the NFL this season
Over the past couple of decades, singer Lalah Hathaway has more than carved her own space in music. Daughter of the incomparable Donny Hathaway, the five-time G… → Read More
Books, blogs and hashtags that will give you the travel bug
Get out there! Books, blogs and hashtags that will give you the #blacktravel bug → Read More
‘Power’s’ Dre — real name Rotimi — is also a music man
Singer Rotimi’s new eight-song EP Jeep Music, Vol. 1 (G-Unit/EMPIRE, released Aug. 4), has been making waves — but you probably know the 28-year-old Nigerian-Am… → Read More
The only reason Eric’s still around is because he’s black Classic case of dating game affirmative action
Props are due for the people working behind the scenes on The Bachelorette. They can craft a teaser like nobody’s business and have millions of people running f… → Read More
In another world, Rachel and Kenny would have been perfect for each other After four black guys are eliminated on ‘The Bachelorette,’ we’re left with just Eric
Rachel, I doubted you, but you pulled through and made the right choice: Lee is gone, y’all! Bachelor Nation can now enjoy The Bachelorette (sorry, Chicago!) wi… → Read More
‘The Bachelorette’ is fun again, but still left a lot to be desired Lee vs. Kenny is getting real old real quick
And we’re back! Sorry about being missing in action with the intellectual hot takes last week, but both of us (Clinton and Tierra, if you didn’t know) were too … → Read More
Golfer Zakiya Randall has been productive in her time away from the sport
Twenty-six-year-old Zakiya Randall has been playing golf since she was 10. During her prime, she says, she won close to 80 tournaments around the country on the… → Read More
Sheryll Cashin’s ‘Loving’ advocates for a culturally dextrous society
It’s clear from my conversation with Sheryll Cashin that she has a knack for understanding the big picture. The Georgetown Law professor’s new book, Loving: Int… → Read More
The worst-case scenario has developed on ‘The Bachelorette’ It’s clear the producers knew one of the contestants was a bigot because it’s a storyline
A very fun episode was ruined. → Read More
James Baldwin’s essential ‘The Fire Next Time’ gets an arty and brilliant makeover
Fifty-four years after James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time revolutionized the way we talk about race, it still feels eerily present. Taken out of historical cont… → Read More
New beginnings: The freshest books of 2016 —
There are 59 books on this list. That seems like a lot, but — it’s not. Each year, the selection of new books by, for, and about black people gets better and better, which makes whittling them down… → Read More
New beginnings: The freshest books of 2016
There are 59 books on this list. That seems like a lot, but — it’s not. Each year, the selection of new books by, for, and about black people gets better and be… → Read More
The presidential election —
The presidential election results of Nov. 8 no doubt came as a surprise to everyone — no matter which side you were on. If you’re still grappling with what happened, how and why it happened, and wh… → Read More
15th annual Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Awards ceremony diary
There are years that ask questions, and years that answer. Zora Neale Hurston’s unforgettable line from Their Eyes Were Watching God inspired many honorees Oct. 21 at the 15th annual Zora Neale Hur… → Read More
Undefeated basketball coverage to prep you for the new NBA season
Come Oct. 25, when the NBA season starts back up, you’ll be inundated with countless think pieces about what’s going on, and what should be going on — on and off the court. Before that happens, che… → Read More
In Gloria Naylor’s early writing, an author in search of herself
Gloria Naylor didn’t learn that black women wrote books until she was 27 years old. In a 1988 interview, Naylor, who died of heart failure Sept. 28 in Christiansted, Virgin Islands, revealed that w… → Read More
Obama on education and sports
On Oct. 11, The Undefeated will present A Conversation with The President: Sports, Race and Achievement at North Carolina A&T State University. In a discussion moderated by SportsCenter anchor … → Read More
11 web series you shouldn’t miss
The important thing to know about a web series is they typically don’t follow the traditional television format. And, from ‘hood dramas to satirical looks at white workplaces to stories of ga… → Read More