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Ada Wright, the Scottsboro Defense Campaign, and the Popular Front

July 13, 2021July 11, 2021 Ashley Everson black protest, Black women, racism

In the midst of the Great Depression in 1931, nine Black teenage boys were falsely convicted of allegedly raping two

Benne del Sur: Sesame and Black Agricultural History in Mexico

July 9, 2021July 7, 2021 Jayson Maurice Porter African Diaspora, race, teaching

Few objects embody and communicate histories of land and labor like food. Netflix’s High on the Hog: How African American

Black Health Care, Black Art: A Texas Perspective

July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 Celeste Henery education, racism, teaching, white supremacy

Galveston, Texas, may best be remembered as the provenance of Juneteenth. However, in the universe of Black history, the island

The Problem of White-Washing Juneteenth

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 James Jones III Racial Violence, slavery, South, W.E.B. Du Bois, white supremacy

Juneteenth’s increasing popularity places long-time celebrants in an unenviable position where euphoria regarding Jubilee’s popularity is tempered by the threat

Postal Work and the Struggle for Black Freedom

June 18, 2021June 18, 2021 Rebecca Brenner Graham Activism, civil rights, Racial Violence, South, white supremacy

In late 1892, a railroad operator approached activist-journalist Ida B. Wells to inquire why the Black community of Memphis, Tennessee, had been