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Medgar Evers’s Legacy of Organizing in Mississippi

April 15, 2019August 12, 2022 William Sturkey Activism, black politics, black protest, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Jim Crow, Politics

Although Medgar Evers is one of the most widely recognized figures of the Civil Rights Movement, many people do not

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Making ‘A Nation Within A Nation’: An Interview with Komozi Woodard

April 5, 2019August 12, 2022 Say Burgin #AAIHSRoundtable, Activism, black intellectual history, Black Panther Party, black politics, Black Power, black protest, Civil Rights Movement, nation, race

*This post is part of our online roundtable celebrating the 20-year anniversary of the publication of Komozi Woodard’s A Nation Within

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The Modern Black Convention Movement and Black Youth Leadership

April 2, 2019August 12, 2022 Dara Walker #NationWithinANation, Activism, black nationalism, black politics, Black Power, black protest, Civil Rights Movement, Jim Crow, race, Resistance

*This post is part of our online roundtable celebrating the 20-year anniversary of the publication of Komozi Woodard’s A Nation Within

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The Women of the Committee for Unified Newark (CFUN)

April 2, 2019August 12, 2022 Ashley Farmer #NationWithinANation, Activism, black feminism, black intellectual history, black nationalism, Black Power, black protest, Black women, race

*This post is part of our online roundtable celebrating the 20-year anniversary of the publication of Komozi Woodard’s A Nation Within

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Historians and the Black Freedom Struggle in the North

April 1, 2019August 12, 2022 Jeanne Theoharis #NationWithinANation, Activism, black politics, Black Power, race, Resistance

*This post is part of our online roundtable celebrating the 20-year anniversary of the publication of Komozi Woodard’s A Nation Within a Nation

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