#BlackThoughtsMatter
As nine beautiful black minds are laid to rest and Confederate flags are symbolically ripped down across the nation, the
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Black Political Thought
Andrew Johnson, “Our Best Friend”
“Mr. PRESIDENT: We have been appointed a committee by a public meeting of the colored people of Richmond, Va., to
Read moreSomebody Has to Pay: Audley Moore, Mother of the Reparations Movement
With Ta-Nehisi Coates’ celebrated article, “The Case for Reparations,” and the recent awarding of reparations to victims of police torture
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This is the third day of a four part roundtable reviewing the book Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women. We began
Read moreCulture Warriors: Ishmael Reed’s Japanese by Spring and Afro-Asian Critique
**This is the fifth installment of my series on Afro-Asia, examining the cultural and political exchanges and historical connections between people of
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