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Race After Technology

July 29, 2020July 29, 2020 Kendra Calhoun Jim Crow, racism, Resistance, technology

In February 2020, a Black woman tweeted about how Britain’s automated passport processing system deemed her photo unacceptable because her

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“If They Take You In The Morning”: M4BL and the Palestine Justice Movement

July 8, 2020July 5, 2020 Taurean J. Webb black internationalism, black lives matter, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Palestine, police violence, Resistance

“Eyad was killed and he didn’t even know what his crime was….he was dreaming of becoming a chef’s assistant. He

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Black Lives Matter on Campus– Universities Must Rethink Reliance on Campus Policing and Prison Labor

June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 Robert T. Chase & Yalile Suriel policing, prisons, Resistance, student activism

In the wake of the devastating murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, people have taken to

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‘Island on Fire’: A New Book about the Revolt that Ended Slavery in the British Empire

May 15, 2020May 15, 2020 AAIHS Editors black rebellion, Jamaica, slavery

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

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Black Lives & Native Lands: Rewriting the History of New England

May 5, 2020May 3, 2020 David Guzman African Diaspora, slavery

The study of slavery in New England has experienced something of a revival in the last decade. Given that New

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