Life Lessons from Georgetown’s Basketball Coach John Thompson
John Thompson Jr. often said, “I tell everyone I speak two languages fluently—English and profanity.” He used language and stories
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Resistance
Black Resistance from Augusta to BLM
When our work began in December 2018, we sought to confront misinformation and erasure surrounding the “riot” of May 11-12,
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British Racial Violence and Transatlantic Black Activism
February of this year marked the thirtieth anniversary of the killing of Rolan Adams, a Black British teenager who was
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The Black History Behind the Country’s Oldest Women’s Center
This spring, the Cambridge Women’s Center, the US’s oldest women’s center, celebrated its 50th anniversary. Public commemorations included press attention
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The Revolt That Almost Overthrew Slavery
In 1763, in a remote corner of the Atlantic world, enslaved people came closer than ever before to overthrowing slavery
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