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Head Start and Mississippi’s Black Freedom Struggle: An Interview with Crystal R. Sanders

July 18, 2016July 16, 2016 Keisha N. Blain Mississippi

This month, I interviewed Crystal R. Sanders about her new book, A Chance for Change: Head Start and Mississippi’s Black

Ida B. Wells, Police Violence, and the Legacy of Lynching

July 8, 2016July 10, 2016 Keisha N. Blain lynching, police brutality, police violence

The recent police shootings of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota bring to the surface, yet again,

Why We Must Remember: Reflecting on the Charleston Massacre One Year Later

June 17, 2016June 16, 2016 Keisha N. Blain Charleston, Racial Violence, South Carolina, violence

On June 17, 2015, a white supremacist walked into the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Charleston, South Carolina,

Call for Submissions: Women, Gender, and Pan-Africanism

June 4, 2016June 3, 2016 Keisha N. Blain Black women, Gender, Pan-Africanism

For centuries, black men and women have struggled for economic, social, and cultural rights under the banner of Pan-Africanism—the political

“Africa for the Africans”: The Expanding Field of Global Garveyism

May 2, 2016May 2, 2016 Keisha N. Blain black nationalism, Garveyism, Pan-Africanism, Universal Negro Improvement Association

Recently, the Global Garveyism conference took place at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. Organized by Professors Adam Ewing (Virginia