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The Defender and Chicago’s Built Environment

May 25, 2023May 23, 2023 Ray Dinsmore black press, book review, Built Environment, Chicago, Chicago Defender, Ebony Magazine

In A House for the Struggle: The Black Press and the Built Environment in Chicago, author E. James West explores the

Social Welfare and the Politics of Race in the Post-Civil War South

May 24, 2023May 23, 2023 Ryan W. Keating Civil War, Freedman's Bureau, Pensions, reconstruction, Welfare

The policing of Black bodies has become an increasingly visible part of the American landscape, shining light on centuries-long violent

Black Resistance and Slave Politics in Lowcountry Georgia

May 23, 2023May 19, 2023 Karen Cook Bell race, slavery

Within Lowcountry Georgia, enslaved Africans expressed a determined political will to resist enslavement and maintain dignity. Their dislocation reinforced

A Response to Black Studies Readers, Dancers, Students, and Teachers

May 22, 2023May 19, 2023 Jafari Sinclaire Allen #AAIHSRoundtable, sexuality

This post is part of our online roundtable on Jafari S. Allen’s There’s a Disco Ball Between Us. “Crossings,” M. Jacqui Alexander reminds

A Theory of Black Queer History

May 19, 2023May 17, 2023 Jennifer Dominique Jones #DiscoBallBetweenUs, #Roundtable, Black Studies, methods, Queer Black Studies

This post is part of our online roundtable on Jafari S. Allen’s There’s a Disco Ball Between Us. In the essay,