The FBI and the Mischaracterization of Bayard Rustin
On November 22, Muckrock.com published a disturbing article claiming that Bayard Rustin “was working for the CIA.” The essay created
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Black Women and Economic Justice in St. Louis: An Interview with Keona Ervin
In today’s post, Candace Borders, a recent graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, interviews Keona K. Ervin on her
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Chocolate City: A New Book on Race and Democracy in Washington, D.C.
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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African American Freedom and the Illusive “Forty Acres and a Mule”
On August 18, 2016, the United Nations Working Group on Experts of People of African Descent determined that the history
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Faith, Myths, and Black Prometheus
In A Black Theology of Liberation, James H. Cone controversially asserted, “If God is not for us, if God is not
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