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Death and Memory From Mississippi to Chicago

March 13, 2018April 6, 2018 Guy Emerson Mount Chicago, reparations, slavery, University of Chicago

My grandfather died on Christmas Eve. I never knew him, but his legend still hangs over me. Even though I’m named

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The Communist Reimagining of Black History

March 12, 2018March 15, 2018 Denise Lynn Claudia Jones, Communism, Harriet Tubman, Historical Memory, slavery

The American Communist Party was aware that history was a powerful tool. It frequently used history in its propaganda to

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Pushing the Dual Emancipation Thesis Beyond its Troublesome Origins

March 8, 2018March 11, 2018 Adrienne Petty #MasterlessMen, poverty, slavery

*This post is part of our roundtable on Keri Leigh Merritt’s Masterless Men. Toward the end of her valuable reinterpretation of southern slave

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Exposing the Primary Agents and Beneficiaries of Racism

March 7, 2018March 11, 2018 Chad Pearson #MasterlessMen, Racial Violence, racism, reconstruction, slavery, white supremacy

*This post is part of our roundtable on Keri Leigh Merritt’s Masterless Men. Ta-Nehisi Coates and members of his fan club must read

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The Politics of Poor Whiteness

March 6, 2018March 11, 2018 Jeff Forret #MasterlessMen, capitalism, electoral politics, slavery, South, white supremacy

*This post is part of our roundtable on Keri Leigh Merritt’s Masterless Men. Occasionally a book comes along at a timely historical moment.

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