Should Barack Obama Endorse Bernie Sanders? The Left Turn and the Legacy
President Obama would never endorse Bernie Sanders on the eve of the Democratic primary. But he definitely should. And, in
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On Slavery, Freedom, and Belonging
Last month, I wrote a post contemplating how historians can write African American intellectual history before the American Revolution and
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In his 2010 CD Sophomore Slump, the Jackson, Mississippi-based artist Skipp Coon rapped in the opening track “James,” “From where
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At the recent meeting of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, I had the pleasure
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“Concede Nothing” – How to Remember a Storm Ten Years Later
This year marked ten years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall. To say New Orleans and the entire Gulf Coast would
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