Martin Sostre and the Fight against Solitary Confinement
In the summer of 2015, President Barack Obama finally broke the silence on the use of solitary confinement, calling for
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Black Internationalism
Intellectual History Panels at the Caribbean Studies Association’s 41st Annual Conference
The Caribbean Studies Association will hold its 41st Annual Meeting in less than a month. For the first time ever,
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Caribbean Federation and Black Diaspora Politics: An Interview with Eric Duke
This month, I interviewed Eric D. Duke about his new book, Building a Nation: Caribbean Federation in the Black Diaspora
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What Obama’s Trip to Havana Revealed about Race in Cuba and the U.S.
During his groundbreaking visit to Havana last month, President Barack Obama suggested that the embrace of U.S.-style democracy and capitalism
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“Africa for the Africans”: The Expanding Field of Global Garveyism
Recently, the Global Garveyism conference took place at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. Organized by Professors Adam Ewing (Virginia
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