Free the Beaches: A New Book on the Fight for Racial Equality in Connecticut
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Resistance
“Free the Land!”: Fifty Years of the Republic of New Afrika
An impressive assortment of Black radicals gathered to sign the Declaration of Independence. It was not Philadelphia 1776, of course,
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Martin Luther King Jr. and the Grassroots Struggle in Memphis
*This post is part of our forum on Martin Luther King Jr.’s impact on American cities. People from around the world
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“Our Emancipation Day”: Martin Luther King Jr. in Chicago
*This post is part of our forum on Martin Luther King Jr.’s impact on American cities. Chicago’s strategies to keep African
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Martin Luther King Jr. and Workers’ Rights in Baltimore
*This post is part of our forum on Martin Luther King Jr.’s impact on American cities. In 1968, municipal sanitation workers
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