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Charnesia Corley & a Storify for the #blkwomensyllabus

August 13, 2015August 13, 2015 Jessica Marie Johnson #sayhername, black feminism, teaching

This past Monday, a young black woman in Texas named Charnesia Corley was stopped by the police as she ran

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Conversion and Hypocrisy: Reflections on the Challenges of Teaching about the Christianity of Slaves and Masters

August 7, 2015August 6, 2015 Chernoh Sesay Jr.

“…between the Christianity of this land, and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference — so wide,

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Ta-Nehisi Coates, David Brooks, and the Master Narrative of American History

July 25, 2015July 25, 2015 Guy Emerson Mount capitalism, Ta-Nehisi Coates, teaching

I love Ta-Nehisi Coates. David Brooks…not so much. Biases disclosed, their squabble—if one can even call it that—exposes

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Nothing is Impossible: Black History and Black Futures as a Flag Falls

July 12, 2015July 12, 2015 Jessica Marie Johnson #BlackLivesMatter, #CharlestonSyllabus, Activism, Ferguson, freedom, reconstruction, slavery, South Carolina

At dawn on June 27, 2015, Bree Newsome (with support from local activists) scaled the flag pole in front of

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#BlackThoughtsMatter

June 28, 2015January 1, 2017 Guy Emerson Mount #BlackLivesMatter, #CharlestonSyllabus, Activism, capitalism, Chicago, Ferguson, W.E.B. Du Bois

As nine beautiful black minds are laid to rest and Confederate flags are symbolically ripped down across the nation, the

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