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Confronting Reactionaries: Black Support for The Progressive Party During the Cold War

May 4, 2020May 3, 2020 Denise Lynn anti-capitalism, Black political thought, black politics, capitalism, Communism, Communist Party, Politics

During the Cold War, progressive voices were being drowned out by the drumbeat of war, as military and political relations

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On Authenticity

March 25, 2020March 22, 2020 Marquis Bey #OnSuite, Black Freethought, Black political thought, black politics, Black Queer Identity, LGBT, race

*This post is part of contributor Marquis Bey’s On Suite series. The discourse surrounding authenticity is nothing new, to be sure. It

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Black Banking and Women Financial Power Brokers

February 20, 2020February 16, 2020 Brandon K. Winford Black women, capitalism, Jim Crow, Race and Economic History, Racial Capitalism

In Banking on Freedom: Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal, Shennette Garrett-Scott offers a compelling narrative that

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Hugging History: Sense and Memory in HBO’s Watchmen

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 Ambre Dromgoole #Watchmen, Historical Memory, popular culture, race, spirituality, Visual Culture

*This post is part of our online forum organized by Ahmad Greene-Hayes on HBO’s hit series Watchmen.  In episode 2

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Housing Discrimination in the Jim Crow US and The Case for Reparations

February 4, 2020February 2, 2020 AAIHS Editors housing, segregation, urban history

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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