On the Spiritual Geography of Black Working-Class Washington
In 1946, University of Chicago-trained anthropologist and religionist James Sydney Slotkin conducted a course in the anthropology and sociology department
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Black history
Frederick Douglass, Real Estate Developer
Few people passing through Baltimore’s Fell’s Point neighborhood ever step onto the 500 block of South Dallas Street. The narrow
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The Gift of Black Folk and the Emancipation of American History
“Our song, our toil, our cheer, and warming have been given to this nation in blood-brotherhood. Are not these gifts
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The Making of Black Lives Matter: A New Book on the Movement’s History
This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Racial Violence on the Anniversary of the Charleston Massacre
On June 17, 2015, a white supremacist walked into a predominantly black church in Charleston, South Carolina. That evening, a
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