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The Last Lynching Victim in South Carolina

October 31, 2019October 25, 2019 Brent M. S. Campney book review, Historical Memory, Jim Crow, lynching, Racial Violence, racism, South

In They Stole Him Out of Jail: Willie Earle, South Carolina’s Last Lynching Victim, William B. Gravely, professor emeritus at

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Sexual Violence Against Enslaved Men

October 29, 2019October 28, 2019 Kevin C. Quin masculinity, Racial Violence, sexual violence, sexuality, slavery

In Rethinking Rufus: Sexual Violations of Enslaved Men, historian Thomas Foster examines how the conditions of slavery gave rise to

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There Is No ‘Relatively Benign’ Version of Settler-Colonialism

October 28, 2019October 19, 2019 Yannick Marshall African Diaspora, Anticolonialism, black politics, black protest, Canada, colonialism, Resistance

I might be made to agree with Erna Paris that using the term “genocide” in reference to Canada’s treatment of indigenous populations

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The Killing of John Derrick

October 28, 2019October 24, 2019 Denise Lynn black politics, Communism, Communist Party, police brutality, police violence, Racial Violence

The long history of law enforcement in the United States is littered with the regular abuse, harassment, and too often

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Blood, Sweat, and Tears: A New Book on the History of Black College Football

October 25, 2019October 23, 2019 J. T. Roane civil rights, HBCU history, integration, segregation, sports

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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