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What to the Black Academic is the 4th of July?

July 4 is not normally a day that we associate with black history. The “we” here refers both to the

“Don’t you see no connection between atom-bomb-dropping in Japan and shin-kicking in Virginia?” asked Simple. “No direct connection,” I said.

Sandra Bland died one year ago today, July 13, 2015. As we remember Bland’s death, we also commemorate her life.

The following is a guest post co-authored by Tyler Parry and Clayton Finn. Parry is Assistant Professor of African American

Over the past year, scholars have curated a number of public syllabi and reading lists, most crowdsourced through social media,