Black Women, Police Violence, and Mental Illness
When I heard about Charleena Lyles—I remembered Eleanor Bumpurs, Deborah Danner, and Sophia King. All four were black women with
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Racism
Targeted: Undocumented Black Immigrants Under Trump
The United States of America, from its emergence as a sovereign nation and the creation and ratification of the Constitution,
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Black Left Student Radicalism of the 1970s: The February First Movement
During the 1970s, Black student radicalism in the United States, which began in the 1960s with organizations such as the
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The Gift of Black Folk and the Emancipation of American History
“Our song, our toil, our cheer, and warming have been given to this nation in blood-brotherhood. Are not these gifts
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The Making of Black Lives Matter: A New Book on the Movement’s History
This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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