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Civic Memory in a Radical Bristol: Edward Colston and Black Lives Matter 

June 17, 2020June 16, 2020 Adam Woodhouse black lives matter, black protest

On Sunday June 7,  2020, a Black man climbed up onto a plinth in the center of the British city of

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Appalachian Hillsides as Black Ecologies: Housing, Memory, and The Sanctified Hill Disaster of 1972

June 16, 2020June 14, 2020 Jillean McCommons #BlackEcologies, Activism, Black Ecologies, environment, geography, Historical Memory, oral history, primary source, race, racism

*This post is part of our new series on Black Ecologies edited by Justin Hosbey, Leah Kaplan, & J.T. Roane.

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Hugging History: Sense and Memory in HBO’s Watchmen

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 Ambre Dromgoole #Watchmen, Historical Memory, popular culture, race, spirituality, Visual Culture

*This post is part of our online forum organized by Ahmad Greene-Hayes on HBO’s hit series Watchmen.  In episode 2

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Memory, Memorials, and History

June 25, 2019June 24, 2019 Alisha J. Hines archives, Civil War, Historical Memory, museums, race, slavery, South, white supremacy

“On this Juneteenth I’m on a tour being conducted by Jefferson Davis’s great grandson.” –@heirofElijah, June 19, 2019 The morning started

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Politics, Public History, and Memory: An Interview with Niya Bates

April 17, 2019April 13, 2019 J. T. Roane Historical Memory, historical preservation, Public History, slavery

In today’s post, senior editor J. T. Roane  interviews Niya Bates, a native of Charlottesville, Virginia and a two-time graduate of the

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