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Black Fatherhood in the Long Nineteenth Century

March 23, 2021April 18, 2021 Aisha Djelid book review, Gender, masculinity, police violence, race, Racial Violence, racism, Resistance, slavery

The summer of 2020 was not only dominated by a global pandemic, but also saw a surge in support for

The Power of Dr. Gwendolyn Patton’s Autobiography

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021 Ashley Farmer Activism, Black Power, Black women, Civil Rights Movement, Racial Violence, Resistance

In 1967, Gwen Patton was driving to Montgomery, Alabama when her car started to rattle and stutter. She pulled over

Thinking with (Neo-)Colonialism in ‘Race for Profit’

March 11, 2021March 19, 2021 Jessica Ann Levy #RaceForProfit, African Diaspora, black protest, capitalism, Politics, Racial Violence

*This post is part of our roundtable on Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s ‘Race for Profit’ In the aftermath of the sixties’ Black rebellions,

Redlining, Predatory Inclusion, and Housing Segregation

March 10, 2021March 19, 2021 Paige Glotzer #AAIHSRoundtable, #RaceForProfit, economic history, housing, race, racism, segregation, urban history

*This post is part of our roundtable on Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s ‘Race for Profit’ From the presidential debates to anti-racist reading lists,

The American Dream and the Urban Crisis

March 8, 2021March 19, 2021 Julia Rabig #RaceForProfit, Black women, capitalism, civil rights, economic history, Gender, housing, race, racism, segregation, urban history

*This post is part of our roundtable on Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s ‘Race for Profit’ For decades, historians have chronicled manifestations of systemic