W.E.B. Du Bois: A Life in American History
In 2018, scholars celebrated the 150th anniversary of the birth of W.E.B. Du Bois via published essays, symposiums, and commemorative
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Labor
Contagions of Empire: A New Book on Racism, Sexuality, and Black Military Workers
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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A New Book on Plantation Coffee in Jamaica, 1790-1848
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Black Lives Matter on Campus– Universities Must Rethink Reliance on Campus Policing and Prison Labor
In the wake of the devastating murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, people have taken to
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Writing Atrocity, Rethinking Rebellion, and Documenting State Violence
This week we’re revisiting Heather Ann Thompson’s Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy (Pantheon Books,
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