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The Legacy and Representation of Blacks in Spain

June 1, 2018October 15, 2018 Nicholas R. Jones Black Europe, Black Europe Series, blackness, Historical Memory, Historiography

*This post is part of our new blog series on Black Europe. This series, edited by Kira Thurman and Anne-Marie Angelo, explores what it

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Afro-Brazilians and Contemporary Lynchings in Brazil

April 19, 2018April 24, 2018 Jaimee A. Swift African Diaspora, Afro-Brazilians, Brazil, lynching, Racial Violence, violence, white supremacy

In historical understandings of racial violence against African Americans in the United States, lynching typically summons imagery of white crime

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Memorializing Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington, DC

April 2, 2018April 7, 2018 Marya McQuirter Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr., MLK and American Cities, Washington DC

*This post is part of our forum on Martin Luther King Jr.’s impact on American cities. My introduction to Reverend

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Representing HBCUs: Spike Lee’s “School Daze” at 30

March 23, 2018March 26, 2018 Lavelle Porter Black cinema, Black film, blackness, education, Resistance, white supremacy

On the night of February 11, 2018, the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) hosted two sold out screenings for the

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Stokely Carmichael of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee speaks at Florida A&M University, 1967. Source: Black on Campus.

The Absence of Political Economy in African Diaspora Studies

March 20, 2018March 26, 2018 Charisse Burden-Stelly African Diaspora, Black Studies, education, education reform, Pan-Africanism

The Black Studies movement, inaugurated in the late 1960s by student- and community-based demands for a “more relevant education,” represented

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