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New England’s Unsung Black Liberation Movement

December 8, 2022December 6, 2022 Dylan O’Hara Activism, Boston, education, Massachusetts, New England, School Activism

Zebulon Miletsky’s impressive book project, Before Busing: A History of Boston’s Long Black Freedom Struggle, weaves together 350 years of

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Albertha Johnston Murray: The Life of a Local Public Intellectual

December 2, 2022November 30, 2022 Candace Cunningham Albertha Johnston Murray, Club women, education, intellectuals, South Carolina

Some of America’s most celebrated Black intellectuals—Mary McLeod Bethune, W.E.B. DuBois, James Weldon Johnson, Ida B. Wells, Carter G. Woodson,

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Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and the History Behind Colorblind Admissions

November 4, 2022October 27, 2022 Brandon James Render affirmative action, black intellectual tradition, College Admissions, Color-blind, Higher education

This month, the United States Supreme Court reconvenes to answer important legal questions, including a series of affirmative action cases.

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The Legal Mind of Constance Baker Motley

October 14, 2022October 12, 2022 Tomiko Brown-Nagin #aaihsroundtables, #BlackWomenBOE, Brown v. Board, Civil Rights Movement, Constance Baker Motley, desegregation, education, Thurgood Marshall

This post is part of our forum on Black Women and the Brown v. Board of Education decision. The following is

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How Pauli Murray Masterminded Brown v. Board

October 13, 2022October 12, 2022 Tejai Beulah Howard #AAIHSRoundtable, #BlackWomenBOE, black intellectual history, Brown v. Board, education, Pauli Murray

This post is part of our forum on Black Women and the Brown v. Board of Education decision According to

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