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Why We Need the #CharlestonSyllabus Now

October 4, 2016March 26, 2017 Keisha N. Blain #CharlestonSyllabus, Charleston, police brutality, police violence, South Carolina

On Friday, Sept. 23rd, the University of Georgia Press hosted the Charleston Syllabus Symposium at the University of Georgia. The

You Can’t Eat Freedom: A New Book on Rural South Activism after the Civil Rights Movement

October 3, 2016January 1, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi

This post is part of a recurring blog series I am editing, which announces the release of selected new works in

Angela Davis and the Black Radical Tradition in the Era of Black Lives Matter

October 2, 2016October 2, 2016 Minkah Makalani Angela Davis, black lives matter, black radical tradition

Over the past few days, hundreds of people joined Black Studies at the University of Texas for our first international

“70: Remembering a Revolution” in Trinidad and Tobago

September 30, 2016September 30, 2016 Paul Hébert Canada, Eric Williams

Last month, I wrote about how close ties between Canada and the Commonwealth Caribbean shaped Black activism in Canada in

#MuseumsRespondtoFerguson: An Interview with Aleia Brown and Adrianne Russell

September 29, 2016September 27, 2016 Kami Fletcher digital media

This month I interviewed the founders of a new digital humanities project, #MuseumsRespondtoFerguson. Aleia Brown (left) is the co-founder of #MuseumsRespondtoFerguson