Recognizing Black Elderhood
In Pedagogies of Crossing, writer M. Jacqui Alexander asks us to observe the sustenance that lies sometimes in plain sight.
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Memory
Reclaiming the Black Past: A New Book on the Use and Misuse of African American History
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Frederick Douglass’s Vision of America
*This post is part of our online forum on the life of Frederick Douglass. Fellow Citizens: I’m worried. Very worried. But don’t
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Frederick Douglass’s Childhood of “Extremes”
*This post is part of our online forum on the life of Frederick Douglass. Frederick Douglass possessed an extraordinary memory. By all
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s Vision of American Democracy
Martin Luther King Jr. approached history with a reverent understanding of the complex relationship between the secular and the sacred.
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