The University of Chicago, Urban Renewal, and the Black Community
“It is not possible to operate and maintain a great university in a deteriorating or slum neighborhood,” proclaimed University of
Read more“It is not possible to operate and maintain a great university in a deteriorating or slum neighborhood,” proclaimed University of
Read moreShortly after the Emancipation Proclamation enabled African American men to enlist in the Union army in 1863, Alexander Thomas Augusta
Read moreAs many across the U.S. were gearing up last year to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the nineteenth amendment and
Read moreTrite historical surveys of the Black experience in the United States will feature questions of identity politics (Combahee River Collective
Read moreAudre Lorde and I were once mortal enemies. At least that’s the way it seemed. In late 2004, I wrote
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