R3 Contributor: Andre Key

Dr. Andre E. Key is an Assistant Professor of History at Paine College. He received his Ph.D. in African American Studies from Temple University in 2011. He also earned a M.A. degree in History from Chicago State University and a B.A. in History from Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio. He has held a Graduate Research Fellowship at the Temple University Institute for the Study of Race and Social Thought and Center for Afro-Jewish Studies where he developed and taught the nation’s first course in Afro-Jewish Studies. His work focuses on the historical development of Black Hebrew religion and Hebrew Israelite ethno-religious identity. He has submitted works for publication to the Journal of Africana Religion, and is currently working on a full-length monograph on the core beliefs of Black Judaism. He also blogs at Race Man Chronicles. You can also follow him on Twitter @akeyPhD

Andre’s Contributions:

1. Fear of a Black God and White Devils: Jay Z and the Five Percent Nation-Part 1
2. Fear of a Black God and White Devils: Jay Z and the Five Percent Nation-Part 2
3. Fear of a Black God and White Devils: Jay Z and the Five Percent Nation-Part 3
4. Jesus Walks (and Smokes Weed): Black Jesus and its Theological Implications