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Coretta Scott King at the Democratic National Convention, New York City. Photo: Library of Congress.

Black Women’s Anti-War and Anti-Colonial Activism

April 18, 2019August 12, 2022 AAIHS Editors antiwar activism, Black Power, Black women, black women's internationalism

Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated

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Medgar Evers’s Legacy of Organizing in Mississippi

April 15, 2019August 12, 2022 William Sturkey Activism, black politics, black protest, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Jim Crow, Politics

Although Medgar Evers is one of the most widely recognized figures of the Civil Rights Movement, many people do not

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Hip-Hop in the Trump Era

April 12, 2019August 12, 2022 Bianki Torres black intellectual history, capitalism, music, race, racism, Resistance, white supremacy

I found out about Kanye West’s October 2018 meeting with Donald Trump through memes on social media. At first, I

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North Korea’s Unlikely History with Black Radicals

April 11, 2019August 12, 2022 Benjamin Young Afro-Asia, Black Panther Party, Black Power, Black radicalism

In 1969, Eldridge Cleaver, then a leader of the Black Panther Party, a radical organization based in Oakland that advocated

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We Live for the We: A New Book on the Political Power of Black Motherhood

April 9, 2019August 12, 2022 J. T. Roane Activism, black feminism, black protest, Black women, Gender, motherhood, Racial Violence

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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