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Universities and Cities: An Interview with Davarian Baldwin

May 13, 2021June 5, 2021 Robert Greene II education, gentrification, urban history

This is an interview with Robert Greene II, the lead associate editor of Black Perspectives, and Davarian Baldwin. Baldwin is the Paul

British Racial Violence and Transatlantic Black Activism

May 6, 2021June 5, 2021 E. James West Activism, African Diaspora, black protest, police violence, Racial Violence

February of this year marked the thirtieth anniversary of the killing of Rolan Adams, a Black British teenager who was

The Black History Behind the Country’s Oldest Women’s Center

May 3, 2021June 5, 2021 Say Burgin feminism, housing

This spring, the Cambridge Women’s Center, the US’s oldest women’s center, celebrated its 50th anniversary. Public commemorations included press attention

Remembering Hubert Harrison, the Father of Harlem Radicalism

April 27, 2021April 27, 2021 Jeffrey B. Perry anti-capitalism, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, social justice

Hubert Harrison (April 27, 1883-December 17, 1927) was a brilliant writer, orator, educator, critic, and radical political activist. Historian Joel A. Rogers, in

The MOVE Bombing and the Callous Handling of Black Remains

April 26, 2021April 26, 2021 Jessica Parr medical experimentation, medical racism, police brutality, police violence

The 1985 MOVE bombing by the Philadelphia Police shocked and devastated a city, leaving destruction that killed 11 people, including