Historicizing Freedom and Black Abolitionism
More than a year ago, I wrote about the idea of hope relative to northern black activism during the American
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On Hip-Hop, Teaching, and Social Justice: An Interview with A.D. Carson
This month I interviewed A.D. Carson, a performance artist and educator from Decatur, Illinois. He is currently a Ph.D. Candidate
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On Barbados, the First Black Slave Society
Barbados was the birthplace of British slave society and the most ruthlessly colonized by Britain’s ruling elites. They made their
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Black Land Ownership and Megaproject Development in Nicaragua
Afro-Nicaraguans have been living in the shadow of infrastructure megaprojects for more than a century as both landholders and laborers.
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New President, Same Old Deal: The Parallels Between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Donald J. Trump
An evaluation of the first 100 days of the new President of the United States has become a tradition of
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