A Dual Emancipation: How Black Freedom Benefited Poor Whites
Recently scholars have come to question “emancipation” as the proper terminology for describing the end of American slavery, preferring instead
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Racial Violence
The Invisible Threads of Gender, Race, and Slavery
On March 24, 2017 the United Nations commemorated its ten-year anniversary for the International Day of Remembrance honoring the Victims
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On Barbados, the First Black Slave Society
Barbados was the birthplace of British slave society and the most ruthlessly colonized by Britain’s ruling elites. They made their
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“What’s Going On?”: Race, Brutality, and Injustice Since Rodney King
On April 2, 1939, legendary R&B and soul singer Marvin Gaye was born. Known for a body of masterpieces, his
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On Racism and Racial Violence in the Comics
This guest post is part of our blog series on Comics, Race, and Society, edited by Julian Chambliss and Walter
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