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Keepin’ It Real in Contemporary Conversations on Race

November 6, 2020November 9, 2020 Omi McCadney black politics, blackness

Elwood David Watson’s Keepin’ It Real: Essays on Race in Contemporary America is a collection of essays analyzing tumultuous racial politics

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From Duvalier to Trump: Authoritarian Rule and Transfers of Power

October 22, 2020October 21, 2020 Patrick D. Bellegarde-Smith Donald Trump, Trumpism

My PTSD seems to be back. I can scarcely watch the news. In the day, I easily spent five to

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Claudia Jones and the Price of Anticommunism

September 30, 2020September 27, 2020 Denise Lynn Black women, Communism, Communist Party

Between 1949 to 1958 dozens of Communist Party (CPUSA) leaders were tried, some were convicted, and several served prison terms.

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“Too Big To Be Small”: The Life and Legacy of Eric Williams

September 25, 2020September 24, 2020 Erica Williams-Connell #CapitalismandSlavery, African Diaspora, black internationalism, Black political thought, black protest, capitalism, Caribbean, colonialism, education

*This essay is part of our online forum on Eric Williams’ Capitalism and Slavery (1944), organized by historian Sasha Turner. The forum is in

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"Cruelties of slavery." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1835-05.

Distinguishing Abolition from Reform

September 24, 2020September 22, 2020 Sasha Turner #CapitalismandSlavery, abolition, African Diaspora, Black political thought, black politics, capitalism, Caribbean, colonialism, freedom, imperialism, race, slavery

*This essay is part of our online forum on Eric Williams’ Capitalism and Slavery (1944), organized by historian Sasha Turner. The forum is in

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