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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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The Black Convention Movement and Black Politics in Nineteenth-Century America

October 18, 2018November 1, 2018 Stephen Robinson black politics, civil rights, Politics, race

African American leaders throughout the nineteenth century recognized the significance of creating and sustaining national organizations that were built upon

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The Complexities of Race, Class, and Gender on Television

October 17, 2018October 21, 2018 Keelyn Bradley film

Following the recent fallout over Roseanne Barr’s racist comments, ABC introduced a spinoff show, The Conners, in an attempt to

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Dignity, Work, and Race Capitalism

October 15, 2018October 17, 2018 James Padilioni Jr capitalism, race

Recently, a photo of The Cosby Show alum Geoffrey Owens surfaced that showed the actor working as a cashier at

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‘Race Women Internationalists’: A New Book on Global Freedom Struggles

October 12, 2018October 17, 2018 Melissa N. Shaw Activism, African Diaspora, black internationalism, black protest, Black women, colonialism, fascism, Resistance

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

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