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Activism and Agriculture: An Interview with Farmer Kamal Bell

November 8, 2019October 31, 2019 Ajamu Amiri Dillahunt #BlackOrganizingToday, Activism, African Diaspora, economic justice, education, organizing, youth

This post is part of our Black Organizing Today Series. This series, edited by Ajamu Amiri Dillahunt, consists of interviews highlighting the

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The Taproot Remains: On the Life and Legacy of Ernest J. Gaines

November 7, 2019November 6, 2019 Matthew Teutsch black intellectual history, cults, Deep South, Ernest Gaines, library, literature, Louisiana, South

On an acre of land, in South Louisiana, surrounded by sugar cane fields, Ernest J. Gaines will be laid to

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New Attacks, New Resistance, and an Old Alliance Against the New Confederacy

November 7, 2019November 3, 2019 Aaron Jamal Activism, African Diaspora, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Donald Trump, Politics, Resistance, white supremacy

The latest round of attacks by the openly white supremacist Trump government against indigenous people — and their resistance — is at

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Refusing the Biopolitical State: An Interview with Nathalie Batraville

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 Rachel Zellars African Diaspora, biopolitics, black feminism, black radical tradition, Black women, Canada, education, Gender, Haiti, pedagogy, sexuality

In a first-of-its-kind study undertaken by political scientist Malinda Smith at University of Alberta in 2018, Smith found that Black professors

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Black Roots Tourism in Brazil

November 5, 2019October 26, 2019 Erica Williams African Diaspora, Afro-Brazilians, Brazil, Latin America, race, tourism, travel

Patricia de Santana Pinho’s Mapping Diaspora: African American Roots Tourism in Brazil is a compelling ethnography that explores the journeys

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