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Anti-racism in Early Soviet Visual Culture

October 31, 2017November 3, 2017 Christina Kiaer Black October, film, Russian Revolution

This post is part of our online forum, “Black October,” on the Russian Revolution and the African Diaspora Soviet Russia was once

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Black October: An Introduction

October 30, 2017November 2, 2017 Jennifer Wilson and Jennifer Suchland Black October, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Russia, Russian Revolution, Soviet Union

*This is the introduction to our online forum on the Russian Revolution and the African Diaspora 2017 is not a year lacking in

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Like Praying: Puerto Rico on a Map

October 28, 2017October 31, 2017 Jessica Marie Johnson Caribbean, Donald Trump

“Although the plantation tradition has been relegated to the dustbin of history by some social theorists, it continues to survive

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Black Mobility, Law, and Freedom

October 27, 2017October 30, 2017 Jessica Parr Activism, freedom, law, slavery, travel

In 1849, an unnamed Missouri slave owner took a male slave to California to search for gold. Two years later,

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Land, Literature, and Preserving Black History in Louisiana

October 25, 2017October 27, 2017 Matthew Teutsch Historical Memory, Literary studies, literature, Louisiana

Driving along False River on Louisiana Highway 1, you will see summer homes, boat houses, and cabins nestled close to

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