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The FBI and the Mischaracterization of Bayard Rustin

December 7, 2017December 11, 2017 Nishani Frazier Activism, Historical Memory, Resistance

On November 22, Muckrock.com published a disturbing article claiming that Bayard Rustin “was working for the CIA.”  The essay created

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Black Women and Economic Justice in St. Louis: An Interview with Keona Ervin

December 2, 2017December 6, 2017 Candace Borders Black women, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, economic justice, Jim Crow, Resistance

In today’s post, Candace Borders, a recent graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, interviews Keona K. Ervin on her

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Contesting the Myth of (Revolutionary) Racial Harmony

November 8, 2017November 13, 2017 Yesenia Barragan #AntiracismInCuba, Afro-Cubans, Cuba, race

This post is part of our online roundtable on Devyn Spence Benson’s Antiracism in Cuba. Just three months after revolutionary

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Revolutionary Optimism in Despicable Times

November 4, 2017November 8, 2017 Russell Rickford black lives matter, Black October, Marxism, Russian Revolution

This post is part of our online forum, “Black October,” on the Russian Revolution and the African Diaspora “Life is not an

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From Refuge to Revolution: Bolshevism’s Evolution in Ethiopia

November 3, 2017November 8, 2017 Kate Cowcher Black October, Ethiopia, Russian Revolution

This post is part of our online forum, “Black October,” on the Russian Revolution and the African Diaspora Ethiopia’s 1974 revolution looked,

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