Marcus Garvey: A New Biography on the Jamaican Black Nationalist
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Set the World on Fire: A New Book on Black Nationalist Women’s Activism
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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“History is Knowledge, Identity, and Power”: Lerone Bennett Jr., 1928–2018
When I found out about Lerone Bennett, Jr’s passing, I was immediately struck by his sense of poetic timing. In life, Bennett
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Mississippi’s Civil Rights Museum: Reflections from a Native Daughter
Several weeks ago, I attended the opening activities for the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson. The museum represents a long-overdue,
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Radical Black Peace Activism in the Black Liberation Movement
On July 4, 1964, the Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM) wrote a letter to the Vietnamese Front of National Liberation congratulating
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