Black Americans often describe "the cookout" in metaphorical terms. Of course, they host many real-world backyard BBQs ...

Four months after a white woman nicknamed “BBQ Becky” called police on a group of black people enjoying a cookout in an Oakland, Calif., park, officials have released dramatic 911 audio from ...

I have conducted decades of research on cookout etiquette and their significance to Black folks. Cookouts mark time, people, and space. We take record of who attends and who is no longer with us.