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“Held in Trust by History:” The Intellectual Activism of Lerone Bennett Jr.

On the morning of December 11, 2016, a notice in the Chicago area news read as follows: “Author Lerone Bennett

First, the crowd gathered at the Atlanta Exposition on September 18, 1895, heard the band play “Dixie”; then they listened

This guest post is part of our blog series on Comics, Race, and Society, edited by Julian Chambliss and Walter

From the eighteenth century to our own time, a range of African Americans have traveled “back” to Africa in hopes

This post is part of our online forum, “Remembering Malcolm,” edited by Garrett Felber. “No problem can be solved from the same