Agents of Change: A New Documentary on Black Student Activism
This post is part of a new and recurring blog series I am curating–announcing the release of selected new works in
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Racism
Blood in the Water: A New Book on the Attica Prison Uprising of 1971
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
Dear Brother Nate: I write to you as my brother because I cannot think of anything else to call you
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What’s in a List?: Early African Americans in an Age of Consumer Revolution
As many scholars of early African American life can attest, one of the most vexing aspects of doing research is
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Keith Cooper: The Stigma of Black Criminality on an (Almost) Exonerated Man
In January 1997, police officers in Elkhart, Indiana arrested Keith Cooper for a purse snatching because he fit the general
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