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The Communist Reimagining of Black History

March 12, 2018March 15, 2018 Denise Lynn Claudia Jones, Communism, Harriet Tubman, Historical Memory, slavery

The American Communist Party was aware that history was a powerful tool. It frequently used history in its propaganda to

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Why White Southern Conservatives Need to Defend Confederate Monuments

March 3, 2018March 5, 2018 William Sturkey civil rights, South, white supremacy

Modern debates over Confederate monuments are not merely concerned with culture, historical memory, or racism. For many monument defenders, there

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Bringing W. E. B. Du Bois Home Again

February 23, 2018March 1, 2018 Whitney Battle-Baptiste #AAIHSRoundtable, #DuBoisForum, black intellectual history, black politics, black protest, W.E.B. Du Bois

*This post is part of our online forum on W.E.B. Du Bois @ 150. The year 1968 was one of the most memorable

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Race, Religion and Radicalism: King and Du Bois

February 22, 2018March 1, 2018 Edward Carson #AAIHSRoundtable, #DuBoisForum, black intellectual history, black politics, black protest, Black radicalism, capitalism, W.E.B. Du Bois

*This post is part of our online forum on W.E.B. Du Bois @ 150. On the occasion of a dual anniversary—the year we

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W. E. B. Du Bois, World War I, and the Question of Failure

February 19, 2018February 24, 2018 Chad Williams #AAIHSRoundtable, #DuBoisForum, black intellectual history, racism, W.E.B. Du Bois

*This post is part of our online forum on W.E.B. Du Bois @ 150. 2018 marks both the sesquicentennial of W. E. B.

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