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Landscape as Witness: Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park

May 6, 2020May 15, 2020 Perri Meldon Harriet Tubman, Historical Memory, museums, slavery, Underground Railroad

In early March 2020, I drove past miles of dredged canals and gangly loblolly pines toward the visitor center of

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Black Lives & Native Lands: Rewriting the History of New England

May 5, 2020May 3, 2020 David Guzman African Diaspora, slavery

The study of slavery in New England has experienced something of a revival in the last decade. Given that New

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“We’ll Hold The Police Accountable!”: The Useful Meaninglessnesses of Liberal-speak

April 27, 2020April 26, 2020 Yannick Marshall police brutality, police violence, policing, race, Racial Violence, racism

It has been two years since Stephon Clark was killed in his grandmother’s backyard. Two years since Rev. Al Sharpton

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“If bitterness were a whetstone”: On Grief, History, and COVID-19

April 23, 2020May 16, 2020 Elise A. Mitchell capitalism, health, mourning, race

“Somedays, if bitterness were a whetstone, I could be sharp as grief.” -Audre Lorde, The Cancer Journals The COVID-19 numbers are

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Disability: What Have Black People Got to Do with It?

April 22, 2020May 16, 2020 Angel Love Miles #Blackness&Disability, Black women, blackness, disability, Disability Studies, intersectionality, race

*This piece is part of the Blackness, Disability, & Gender Identity Series organized by Vilissa Thompson. “What comes first for

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