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Black Radical Activists and the Dangers of the Police State

November 11, 2020November 9, 2020 Denise Lynn Black political thought, black politics, class, Communism, police brutality, police violence, policing, prisons, race, Racial Capitalism, racism

During recent anti-police brutality protests and marches across the United States, American police forces have displayed the very behavior that

Black Lives Matter, Hip Hop, and Fighting Racism in The Netherlands

November 10, 2020November 9, 2020 Thomas van Gaalen Activism, African Diaspora, black internationalism, black lives matter, black protest, capitalism, music, racism

The Black Lives Matter protests have sparked many responses from Black musicians—and not just in the United States. On the

Online Roundtable: Garrett Felber’s ‘Those Who Know Don’t Say’

November 9, 2020November 17, 2020 AAIHS Editors #ThoseWhoKnow, carceral state, mass incarceration

November 16-20, 2020 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is collaborating with the Journal of Civil

The Contours of Black Studies in American Public Schools

November 9, 2020November 9, 2020 Alexander Hyres Black Studies, education, ethnic studies, race, student activism

Jonathan Zimmerman, a historian of education at the University of Pennsylvania, recently published an op-ed in the Washington Post about

“Report from the Bahamas”: The Legacies of Colonialism and White Supremacy

November 5, 2020October 31, 2020 Amelia Moore #BlackEcologies, African Diaspora, Black women, Caribbean, class, colonialism, Gender, literature, race, racism, tourism

*This post is part of our series on Black Ecologies edited by Justin Hosbey, Leah Kaplan, & J.T. Roane. Thirty-eight years