History, Memory, and Gentrification
I spent my Sundays in November photographing in Clarksville—a neighborhood in Austin, Texas, which was founded by freedpeople after the
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Memory
The FBI and the Mischaracterization of Bayard Rustin
On November 22, Muckrock.com published a disturbing article claiming that Bayard Rustin “was working for the CIA.” The essay created
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Slavery, the Plantation Myth, and Alternative Facts
Earlier this year, NBC journalist Chuck Todd pressed the Counselor to the US President, Kellyanne Conway, to explain spurious claims made
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Contesting the Myth of (Revolutionary) Racial Harmony
This post is part of our online roundtable on Devyn Spence Benson’s Antiracism in Cuba. Just three months after revolutionary
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Land, Literature, and Preserving Black History in Louisiana
Driving along False River on Louisiana Highway 1, you will see summer homes, boat houses, and cabins nestled close to
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