Remembering Marcus Garvey Through Reggae
Listen to the music. February 6 marks the birthday of Bob Marley. Born in Jamaica in 1945, the Reggae icon
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Race
Racebending and Representation in Comic Books
This guest post is part of our blog series on Comics, Race, and Society, edited by Julian Chambliss and Walter
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Civil Rights and Healthcare: Remembering Simkins v. Cone (1963)
Upon her release from L. Richardson Memorial Hospital’s maternity ward in Greensboro, North Carolina, my grandmother, Ann Wilson Scales, walked
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History As A Communal Act: The History of Black History Month
African Americans have always imagined and constructed history as a communal act. At the inception of the African American historical
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Black Women and the Peoples Temple in Jonestown
On November 18, 1978, over nine hundred members of the San Francisco-based Peoples Temple church (including over three hundred children)
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