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Black Rebellion and the Political Imaginations of African American Teachers

November 5, 2018November 11, 2018 Jarvis R. Givens black radical tradition, Black radicalism, education, Harriet Tubman, Nat Turner, teaching

Nat Turner became an impromptu topic of discussion in my third grade classroom. Ms. Todman had a way of getting

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Aretha Franklin, Sexual Violence, and the “Culture of Dissemblance”

November 1, 2018November 5, 2018 Rachel Zellars Activism, Black women, Gender, Resistance, sexual violence

Many have proposed that Black American cultural expressions created in the New World — jazz, the blues, gospel, R&B, the

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Sexuality, History, and Britain’s Colonial Legacy

October 23, 2018November 5, 2018 Sasha Turner colonialism, Jamaica, Marriage, religion, white supremacy

A recent editorial letter in the Jamaica Gleaner condemning the newspaper’s feature of popular dance-hall artist, Beenie Man, his so-called Babymama,

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Beyond the Black Paradigm? Queer Afro-diasporic Strategies

October 22, 2018November 3, 2018 Fatima El-Tayeb African Diaspora, Black Europe, Black Europe Series, Black German, Black Queers, blackness, Racial Capitalism

*This post is part of our new blog series on Black Europe. This series, edited by Kira Thurman and Anne-Marie Angelo, explores what it means to

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History, Art, and Black Life in the United States

October 18, 2018November 3, 2018 Nathan Dize art, police brutality, police violence

On September 6, 2018, Amber Guyger killed Botham Shem Jean after breaking into his apartment, allegedly mistaking it for her

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