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Rosewood Massacre at 100: Black Florida History and White Terror

February 27, 2023February 26, 2023 Dan Royles Racial Violence, racism

A version of the following comments was delivered at the opening of the exhibit An Elegy to Rosewood at the

The Mystique of Chica da Silva

February 24, 2023February 16, 2023 Menika Dirkson Brazil, Chica da Silva, Enslaved women, Gender, Latin America, slavery

“La negra tiene tumba’o, nunca camina de la’o.” -Celia Cruz In 1985, West German band Boney M. released its eighth album, Eye Dance,

The White Press & Jim Crow

February 23, 2023February 22, 2023 Justin Laing Jim Crow, journalism, New South, Newspapers, segregation

Within a frame of a two competing ideas of the United States “one liberal, the other illiberal,” Journalism and Jim Crow

Queen Latifah and the Legacies of Black Power

February 22, 2023February 22, 2023 Mickell Carter Black Power, hip hop, music, Pan-African, Queen Latifah

Dana Elaine Owens, also known as Queen Latifah, is renowned for her dynamic acting roles in films and TV series

Black Los Angeles and the LAPD in the Early 1960s

February 21, 2023February 20, 2023 M. Keith Claybrook, Jr. black politics, police brutality, police violence

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and other city officials could have prevented the Watts Rebellion in August 1965 had they addressed the concerns