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American Founders: A New Book on the African Diaspora and New World Freedom

April 19, 2019August 12, 2022 Skyler Gordon African Diaspora, black politics, black protest, civil rights, race, racism, Resistance, slavery

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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The ‘Baby Dolls’ of New Orleans: Gender, Race, and Self-Creation

April 19, 2019August 12, 2022 Grace D. Gipson black feminism, black protest, Black women, Gender, Resistance

“Is the unruly woman masker still relevant?” This question posed by Xavier University dean and professor Kim Vaz-Deville speaks to

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The Race of Disaster: Black Communities and the Crisis in Puerto Rico

April 17, 2019August 12, 2022 Hilda Lloréns African Diaspora, capitalism, Puerto Rico, Race and Economic History, Racial Capitalism

In this post, looking at the lives of Afro-Puerto Rican coastal foragers, I problematize the “disaster capitalism” orthodoxy, to probe

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Politics, Public History, and Memory: An Interview with Niya Bates

April 17, 2019August 12, 2022 J. T. Roane Historical Memory, historical preservation, Public History, slavery

In today’s post, senior editor J. T. Roane  interviews Niya Bates, a native of Charlottesville, Virginia and a two-time graduate of the

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The History of White Investment in Black Suffering

April 16, 2019August 12, 2022 Stacie Mccormick race, Racial Violence, racism, white supremacy

Possessing the Black body is as popular now as it has ever been. The recent college yearbook controversies depicting students in

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