“Cause everybody dies in the summer / Wanna say your goodbyes, tell ‘em while it’s spring / I heard everybody’s dying in the summer So pray to God for a …
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Vultures
Seven Scribes is excited to present “Vultures” in partnership with Kinfolks: a journal of black expression a journal “dedicated to thinking about blackness in its infinite permutations by publishing the work of …
Be Real Black For Me: A Review of “Dope”
Recently, I went to see the film Dope: a movie that’s reminiscent of the 80s goofballs-get-into-wild-misadventures genre of broad comedies. The film follows a high-school senior named Malcolm (played by …
The Funk Family Tree: Celebrating George Clinton’s Influence in Music
Most people tend to get the words “inspiration” and “influence” confused. The former is the act of convincing others that they too can achieve the great heights that you’ve reached. …
Where Brooklyn At? The Rise of Gentrification and the Fall of Hip-Hop
The new Brooklyn is different. It’s a place people come to, not a place people come from Photo by Chris Ford [nextpage title=”Next Page”] The image of modern-day Brooklyn is …
After Charleston-Letters from Our Readers
[nextpage title=”Two” ] In the days since 9 members of the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina were brutally murdered by white supremacist Dylan Roof, many of us have …
On Charleston: Letters from the Scribes Pt. 2
[nextpage title=”Two” ] In the Shadow of the Flag – fivefifths Long drives down Carolina state roads through dusty main streets straight out of the 1950s and miles and miles …
On Charleston: Letters from the Scribes Pt. 1
[nextpage title=”Two” ] We Lean Towards Joy-Josie Helen My soul lives below the Mason-Dixon line. I was born on Georgia soil, and, God willing, will die there. There is …
The Debt
The noose was fitted from birth. This one, the power cord of an air conditioning unit. Plastic and wires replaced the hard hemp knot, but the end result still …
“It’s Not Even Surprising Anymore”: Middle School Students React to Police Brutality
Editor’s Note: This gallery is a complimentary piece to Clara Green’s article “The True Crime” about the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal. Five days after the school year started in Atlanta, …