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W.E.B. Du Bois and the Aesthetics of Emancipation

April 21, 2022April 20, 2022 Clay Matlin art, artistic production, Beauty, black artists, W.E.B. Du Bois

“I am one who tells the truth and exposes evil and seeks with Beauty and for Beauty to set the

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W.E.B. Du Bois: A Life in American History

September 3, 2020August 28, 2020 Edward Carson African Diaspora, black radical tradition, Black radicalism

In 2018, scholars celebrated the 150th anniversary of the birth of W.E.B. Du Bois via published essays, symposiums, and commemorative

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Surveillance, State Power, and the Activism of Shirley Graham Du Bois

September 1, 2020September 1, 2020 Denise Lynn Activism, black internationalism, Canada, Communism, W.E.B. Du Bois

The recent Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality are a reminder that social justice advocacy and activism can come

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W.E.B. Du Bois: A New Book on The Life of a Radical Scholar

May 1, 2020April 26, 2020 J. T. Roane biography, Black radicalism, W.E.B. Du Bois

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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W.E.B. Du Bois, Haiti, and US Imperialism

January 28, 2020January 26, 2020 Crystal Eddins Activism, African Diaspora, black intellectual history, Haiti, Haitian Revolution, imperialism, slavery, Social Movements, W.E.B. Du Bois

This piece follows up on the January 2019 post “Haitian and French Petrol Protests in the Age of Climate Change.”

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