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Contested Bodies: A New Book on Black Motherhood and Slavery in Jamaica

By Ibram X. Kendi

This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History ...
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The Environment as Freedom: A Decolonial Reimagining

By Malini Ranganathan

“The environmental movement is, in my view, the greatest threat to freedom and prosperity in the modern world” Read More
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On Hip Hop and Growing Up in Philadelphia: An Interview with MK Asante

By Darryl Robertson

This month I interviewed MK Asante. Asante is a best-selling author, award-winning filmmaker, recording artist, and ...
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Protest of the Trump administration's immigration policies in Washington, DC, January 29, 2017. Photo: Stephen Melkisethian/Flickr.

Targeted: Undocumented Black Immigrants Under Trump

By Nana Afua Y. Brantuo

The United States of America, from its emergence as a sovereign nation and the creation and ratification of the Constitution, ...
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Black Left Student Radicalism of the 1970s: The February First Movement

By Richard D. Benson II

During the 1970s, Black student radicalism in the United States, which began in the 1960s with ...
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Aaron Alpeoria Bradley and Black Power during Reconstruction

By Keri Leigh Merritt

American historians have long traced the genesis of the Black Power movement to 1966. I would ...
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