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Ada Wright, the Scottsboro Defense Campaign, and the Popular Front

July 13, 2021July 11, 2021 Ashley Everson black protest, Black women, racism

In the midst of the Great Depression in 1931, nine Black teenage boys were falsely convicted of allegedly raping two

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Black Power and Anti-Carceral State Infrastructure

July 12, 2021July 10, 2021 Joshua L. Crutchfield black lives matter, Black Power, Black radicalism, Black women

In 1991, Black radical activist Safiya Bukhari spoke to an audience and reflected on her decision to join the Harlem

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An Interview with Curator Kelli Morgan

July 7, 2021July 6, 2021 Julia Bernier African American Art, Art History, black feminism, black intellectual history, Black women

In today’s post, Julia Wallace Bernier, a regular contributor to Black Perspectives, interviews Dr. Kelli Morgan,

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The Black Pacific and the Shapes of Global Black Power

June 30, 2021June 27, 2021 Amanda Joyce Hall #QuitoSwan, Activism, black internationalism, Black Power, Pauulu's Diaspora

*This post is part of our roundtable on

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Melanesia, Creoles, and Ideas of Blackness

June 29, 2021June 28, 2021 Robbie Shilliam #QuitoSwan, Activism, African Diaspora, black internationalism, Pauulu's Diaspora

*This post is part of our roundtable on Quito Swan’s ‘Pauulu’s Diaspora.’ Dr. Swan will be in conversation with Dr.

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