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Black Radicalism in the Tumultuous 1960s

February 12, 2019March 31, 2019 Hasan Kwame Jeffries #RadicalIntellect, Activism, black internationalism, black politics, black press, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Radical Intellect

This post is part of our online roundtable on Chris Tinson’s Radical Intellect In Radical Intellect, Christopher M. Tinson writes “a political and cultural history”

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The Black Press and a Manly Vision for Racial Advancement

January 29, 2019March 31, 2019 Say Burgin black press, book review, masculinity, race

Upon leaving the Nation of Islam (NOI) in March of 1964, Malcolm X spoke publicly about what he called Elijah

‘White Rebels in Black’: An Interview with Priscilla Layne

January 24, 2019January 29, 2019 Kira Thurman African Diaspora, Black Europe, Germany, race, racism, white supremacy

In today’s post, Kira Thurman, Assistant Professor of History and Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan, interviews Priscilla

‘The Struggle is Eternal’: An Interview with Joseph R. Fitzgerald

January 14, 2019January 29, 2019 Ashley Farmer Activism, biography, Black Power, black protest, Black women, Civil Rights Movement, Jim Crow

In today’s post, Ashley Farmer, Assistant Professor in the Departments of History and African Diaspora Studies at the University of

The Rhetoric and Methods of the 1963 Mississippi Freedom Vote

December 14, 2018December 24, 2018 Denise Lynn Mississippi, racism, Resistance, South, voting, white supremacy

After attempting to register Black voters, pushing school integration, and challenging segregation in transportation throughout the 1950s, activists in Mississippi