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Eugenics and the Modern Conservative Movement

January 19, 2018January 23, 2018 Alexandra Fair Black women, criminal justice system, Donald Trump, law, Politics, racism

On December 26, 2017, The New York Times published an op-ed by the widely known North Carolinian activist, Rev. William

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Student Activism and the Mississippi Freedom Struggle

January 8, 2018January 13, 2018 Jon Hale #StudentActivismForum, civil rights, criminal justice system, law, racism, segregation, South, student activism

*This post is part of our online forum on Student Activism. High school student activism in Mississippi during the 1960s highlights the overlooked

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The War on Kids: A New Book on American Juvenile Justice

November 25, 2017November 28, 2017 Julie Hawks criminal justice system, economic justice, juvenile justice, social justice, youth

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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African Americans’ Civil Cases in the Jim Crow South

November 17, 2017November 20, 2017 Melissa Milewski economic justice, Jim Crow, law, race, South

In 1910, 48-year-old Rebecca Sallee fell into an open hole on a city street in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, as she made

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Black Mobility, Law, and Freedom

October 27, 2017October 30, 2017 Jessica Parr Activism, freedom, law, slavery, travel

In 1849, an unnamed Missouri slave owner took a male slave to California to search for gold. Two years later,

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