Gun Control and Black America
Kyle Rittenhouse learned that, following the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, outraged citizens would be showing up
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(Re)locating Sites of Memory in Appalachia Through Black Spaces and Stories
“You know, they straightened out the Mississippi River in places, to make room for houses and livable acreage. Occasionally the
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Critical Race Theory in Texas
The Texas signed the Critical Race Bill into law in summer 2021. Texas is one of many states that prescribes
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Black Radicalism and the Right to Bail
New York’s LaGuardia Airport was abuzz. On December 9, 1951, two of the most well-known African American activists of the
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What Civil Rights Acts: The Times-Picayune’s Editorial Silence on Civil Rights
The New Orleans morning daily newspaper, The Times-Picayune, during the 11-year period between 1957 and 1968, failed to publish a
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