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Blackness, Pessimism, and the Human

September 5, 2017September 8, 2017 Joseph Winters Afro-pessimism, humanism, race, Racial Violence, violence

There is a specter haunting black studies, black freedom struggles, humanism, and the politics of recognition. This recalcitrant specter currently

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The Fallacy of 1619: Rethinking the History of Africans in Early America

September 4, 2017September 6, 2017 Michael Guasco colonial America, colonialism, slave trade, slavery

In 1619, “20. and odd Negroes” arrived off the coast of Virginia, where they were “bought for victualle” by labor-hungry

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Pauli Murray Book Prize

The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) is now accepting submissions for the 2027 Pauli Murray Book Prize. Named after lawyer,

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Police Dogs and Anti-Black Violence

July 31, 2017August 2, 2017 Tyler Parry police violence, policing, slavery

On July 11, 2017, a video circulated throughout social media depicting the San Diego police deploying a canine against an

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The Problem with Confederate Monuments in Public Spaces

July 26, 2017August 12, 2017 Matthew Teutsch Jim Crow, slavery, white supremacy

In a recent interview with Ezra Klein, Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Commission, stated, “What we do in the memorial

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