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Global 2016 and the Radical Imagination

“We have a duty to fight for our freedom. We have a duty to win.” – Assata Shakur Watching the

Think the current controversy over “black lives matter” is new? African American activists wrestled with the question almost 200 years

And although it seems heaven sent We ain’t ready, to see a black President, uhh It ain’t a secret don’t

“Don’t you see no connection between atom-bomb-dropping in Japan and shin-kicking in Virginia?” asked Simple. “No direct connection,” I said.

This is a guest post by Keri Leigh Merritt, a historian of the 19th c. American South. She received her