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Police Dogs and Anti-Black Violence

By Tyler Parry

On July 11, 2017, a video circulated throughout social media depicting the San Diego police deploying ...
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Black Periodicals and the Politics of Racial Uplift

By Kevin C. Quin

During the mid-twentieth century, the economic growth following World War II marked an incredible period of production and consumption in ...
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Black Women’s Holy Ghost Work: Then and Now

By Judith Casselberry

"East Harlem leaves had the red tips of early autumn when Amaryllia (Lillie) Jones ventured down E. 131st Street in ...
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Protest against white supremacy, February 2017. Photo: Flickr/cool revolution.

White Fragility, Anti-Racist Pedagogy, and the Weight of History

By Guest Poster

by Justin Gomer and Christopher Petrella On July 3, The Boston Globe published a controversial, if predictable, op-ed entitled ...
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