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With Love and Respect: #ScholarsRespond to A Vision for Black Lives

September 14, 2016September 13, 2016 AAIHS Editors #BlackLivesMatter, #ScholarsRespond, black lives matter, Black Lives Matter Forum, M4BL, Policy Demands

Co-Authored by Keisha N. Blain and Ibram X. Kendi In recent years, we have witnessed a resurgence of black political

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Bresha Meadows, the 14-year-old charged with aggravated murder for shooting her abusive father.

Black Girls, Domestic Violence, and the Limits of Self-Defense

September 13, 2016September 11, 2016 Lindsey E. Jones carceral state, mass incarceration

The case of Bresha Meadows, an African American teenage girl in Ohio, is a sad commentary on the failure of

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“Racial Strife That’s Making Milwaukee Infamous”–Then and Now

September 3, 2016September 1, 2016 Mark Speltz NAACP, police brutality

Many Americans have read or seen the fiery aftermath following the recent police killing of Sylville Smith, but few are

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Blood in the Water: A New Book on the Attica Prison Uprising of 1971

August 23, 2016August 21, 2016 Ibram X. Kendi Activism, Black radicalism, police brutality, police violence

This post is part of a new and recurring blog series I am editing–announcing the publication of selected new books

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Brother to Brother: An Open Letter to Nate Parker

August 22, 2016August 21, 2016 Ibram X. Kendi black radical tradition, Nat Turner, rape

Dear Brother Nate: I write to you as my brother because I cannot think of anything else to call you

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