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Police Power and the Election of Newark’s First Black Mayor

Fifty years ago, Newark, New Jersey, elected its first Black mayor—Kenneth Gibson—at a moment when there was an urgency to

In 2018, scholars celebrated the 150th anniversary of the birth of W.E.B. Du Bois via published essays, symposiums, and commemorative

The recent Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality are a reminder that social justice advocacy and activism can come

In recent months bail funds have gained unprecedented popularity as a way to redistribute funds to release protesters arrested in

In February 2020, a Black woman tweeted about how Britain’s automated passport processing system deemed her photo unacceptable because her