Writing Black Activist Lives: An CBFS Interview
Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black
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Black Protest
Slavery and Rebellion in Eighteenth-Century New Jersey
Chattel enslavement was introduced into the colony of New Jersey in the seventeenth century, shortly after the Dutch first settled
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Black Student Activism and the Origins of the Stanford Canon Debate
In the late 1980s, the Stanford University Black Student Union stood at the center of a controversy involving the school’s
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Black Los Angeles and the LAPD in the Early 1960s
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and other city officials could have prevented the Watts Rebellion in August 1965 had they addressed the concerns
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The Racist Origins of the Real ID Act
As of May 2023, a passport or driver’s license which proves legal residence in the U.S. will be needed to
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