The 1967 Detroit Uprising and the Failure of the Criminal Justice System
Standing before judge Robert Columbo, a Detroiter made a standard defendant’s request to be released on his own recognizance. He
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Black Protest
Black Bookstores and the Black Power Movement: An Interview with Paul Coates
In this post, blogger Joshua Clark Davis interviews activist Paul Coates–the father of author Ta-Nehisi Coates–on his life and early
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The NFL’s Denial of Black Humanity
In response to protests that rocked the national sports world, NFL owners have approved a new policy that requires players
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Chocolate Cities: A New Book on the Black Map of American Life
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Writing on Women and the Nation of Islam: An Author’s Response
This post is part of our online roundtable on Ula Taylor’s The Promise of Patriarchy I am so very humbled by
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