Black Women and the Brown Decision
Black American women such as Pauli Murray, Constance Baker Motley, Mamie Phipps Clark, and Ruby Gainer were the architects of
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School Equality
A Forgotten Migration: An Interview with Crystal R. Sanders
In today’s post, Ashley Everson, a managing editor of Global Black Thought, interviews Crystal R. Sanders, Associate Professor of African American Studies
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Mrs. Barbara Ross and the Fight for Educational Equity
Earlier this year, we celebrated the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. As we look to the future,
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New England’s Unsung Black Liberation Movement
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
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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