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Marronage and the Great Dismal Swamp

December 4, 2020December 1, 2020 Warren Milteer North Carolina, racism, Resistance, slavery, South, Virginia

For recent scholars, the Great Dismal Swamp—an ecological treasure that stretches across present-day Virginia and into North Carolina—stands as a

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Silencing Black Radicalism Since the Cold War

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 Denise Lynn Activism, black internationalism, Black radicalism, civil rights, Resistance, W.E.B. Du Bois

As the recent election has shown, anti-communism is alive and well in the United States. Donald Trump and other conservatives

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Resisting Carceral Cities: A Conversation with Carl Suddler and Garrett Felber

November 30, 2020November 29, 2020 AAIHS Editors Black political thought, carceral state, juvenile justice, Nation of Islam, New York, police violence, policing, prisons, race, Racial Violence, racism

Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated

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Amiri Baraka, Black Music, and Black Modernity

November 24, 2020November 21, 2020 Wilton Schereka art, Black Arts Movement, Black political thought, jazz, music

I first encountered Amiri Baraka in Fred Moten’s In The Break: The Aesthetics of the Black Radical Tradition. I know

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Crafting a Global Message of Anti-Racism

November 23, 2020November 21, 2020 Nicholas Grant Activism, African Diaspora, Black political thought, black politics, Blacks in Britain, Claudia Jones, colonialism, Eslanda Robeson, race, racism, Resistance, white supremacy

In late October, Kemi Badenoch took to the dispatch box in the House of Commons during a parliamentary debate about

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