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The Life of Louis Fatio: American Slavery and Indigenous Sovereignty

In 1892 a reporter for the Missouri-based Daily Globe-Democrat interviewed an elderly Black man by the name of Louis Fatio living near

Don’t Cry Don’t shed a tear The time I shared with you will always be And when I’m gone,

Gregory Ellison’s recently published edited volume on Howard Thurman explores the varied roles that the theologian, mystic, professor, and preacher

Even as more scholars of color engage with the livelihoods of those not rich, white, or male, the way Black

On November 21, 1725, African slave Louis Congo was freed and made a salaried public executioner in Louisiana by the