A More Radical Vision for Palestinian Self-determination
Nearly fifty years ago, at the 1972 National Black Political Convention (NBPC) in Gary, Indiana, Douglas E. Moore of the
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Primary Sources
The Reconstruction Origins of Black Wall Street
The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre targeted and destroyed the city’s prosperous Greenwood District, home to a vibrant economy of Black-owned businesses that
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The University of Chicago, Urban Renewal, and the Black Community
“It is not possible to operate and maintain a great university in a deteriorating or slum neighborhood,” proclaimed University of
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Black Soldiers and the Civil War
Shortly after the Emancipation Proclamation enabled African American men to enlist in the Union army in 1863, Alexander Thomas Augusta
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Working with Histories that Haunt Us
When I first began to conceptualize my dissertation project, I knew I wanted to write about an iconic group of
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