Why We Need the #CharlestonSyllabus Now
On Friday, Sept. 23rd, the University of Georgia Press hosted the Charleston Syllabus Symposium at the University of Georgia. The
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Racial Violence
Is the Myth of Racial Harmony Killing Our Country?
My eyes draw open, fixing on the silhouette of the spinning blades of the ceiling fan above my bed. After
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#MuseumsRespondtoFerguson: An Interview with Aleia Brown and Adrianne Russell
This month I interviewed the founders of a new digital humanities project, #MuseumsRespondtoFerguson. Aleia Brown (left) is the co-founder of #MuseumsRespondtoFerguson
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Fighting “Stop-and-Frisk” Policing from Rockefeller to Trump
In the latest of Donald Trump’s string of attempts to “court” black voters (clearly aimed at courting his lily-white voter
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#BrazilFreedomSchool, Anti-Black Violence, and the Rio Olympics: An Interview with Christen Smith
This month I interviewed Professor Christen Smith (@profsassy), Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies and Anthropology at University
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