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Archiving While Black

June 18, 2018June 23, 2018 Ashley Farmer archives, Historical Memory

Among the things 2018 will be known for is mainstream culture’s realization that white Americans use the police to challenge

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#SayHerName–Police Violence Against Black Women and Girls: An Interview with Andrea J. Ritchie

June 11, 2018June 16, 2018 Jenn M. Jackson Black women, police brutality, police violence

In today’s post, Jenn M. Jackson, writer and doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago,

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Cuban Revolution in America: A New Book on Cuba and the U.S. Left

June 8, 2018June 12, 2018 J. T. Roane black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Cuba, Racial Capitalism

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 Athletes, Anthem Protests, and the Spectacle of Patriotism

June 7, 2018June 16, 2018 Amira Rose Davis Activism, black protest, blackness, Politics, racism, sports, white supremacy

The new NFL anthem policy requires players to stand during the national anthem or face a fine. This decision is

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Black Bookstores and the Black Power Movement: An Interview with Paul Coates

June 5, 2018June 16, 2018 Joshua Clark Davis Baltimore, black nationalism, Philadelphia

In this post, blogger Joshua Clark Davis interviews activist Paul Coates–the father of author Ta-Nehisi Coates–on his life and early

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