Another Look Into Dana Schutz’s “Open Casket”
Recently, I visited the Whitney Museum’s Biennial at its new location in the Meatpacking District of Manhattan. I was there
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Racism
Celebrating the Life and Activism of Jackie Robinson
On April 15, 2017, Major League Baseball (MLB) celebrated the 70th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s first MLB game. On that
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The Little Known History of Black Women Using Soda Fountains as Contested Spaces
The accurate accusation of tone-deafness has been circulating to frame the now-defunct Pepsi ad staring Kendall Jenner. For those who
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Fugitive Science: A New Book on Scientific Racism in America
This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Black Rage at the Organization of American Historians
The theme of this year’s Organization of American Historians conference in New Orleans was circulation. For black communities beyond academia,
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