“Why Aren’t Black People More Optimistic?”
In a 1968 interview, television personality Dick Cavett asked James Baldwin, renowned author-activist, what many white Americans at that time
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Race
On Borders and the Matters of Black Life: A Review of “Seven Seconds”
*Editor’s Note: This essay contains spoilers* In the recently released Netflix drama, Seven Seconds, viewers are confronted with a dramatization of
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Bodyminds Reimagined: A New Book on Disability, Race, and Gender
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela: Revolutionary Who Kept the Spirit of Resistance Alive
No other woman – in life and after – occupies the place that Winnie Madikizela-Mandela does in South African politics.
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Martin Luther King Jr. and the Grassroots Struggle in Memphis
*This post is part of our forum on Martin Luther King Jr.’s impact on American cities. People from around the world
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