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Police Violence Against Black WWII Veterans

November 9, 2023October 30, 2023 Candace Cunningham Black Veterans, police violence, racism, World War II

Black Americans signed up in record numbers to serve their country during World War II. They did so despite a

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Remembering Reverend Annie Rebecca Woodbey

November 8, 2023October 31, 2023 Charles Holm Black women, Gender, religion

The leading Black member of the Socialist Party of America (SPA) in the first decade of the twentieth century, Rev.

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Uma História Ambiental Negra das Palmeiras

November 7, 2023November 7, 2023 Jayson Maurice Porter translated by Manoel Rendeiro Neto #BlackFamilyTree, Brazil, Columbia, Environmental History, Latin America

Leia a tradução em inglês deste ensaio aqui. [Uma breve leitura da palma da mão com Landscapes of Freedom por

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A Black Environmental History of Palms

November 7, 2023November 9, 2023 Jayson Maurice Porter #BlackFamilyTree, Brazil, Columbia, Environmental History, Latin America

Read this essay’s Portuguese translation here. [A brief palm reading of Landscapes of Freedom by Claudia Leal (2018), Raspando Coco

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Black Los Angeles Contributes to the Freedom Rides

November 6, 2023November 1, 2023 M. Keith Claybrook, Jr. Activism, Civil Rights Movement, racism, Resistance

In the summer of 1961, Black people from Los Angeles and their allies volunteered to travel south and take part

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