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Race and Imperialism in Canada in the 1960s

March 3, 2017March 6, 2017 Paul Hébert Canada, imperialism

In recent years, scholars and activists in Canada have been drawing more attention to the country’s often-unacknowledged history of slavery.

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Towards Usable Histories of the Black Commons

February 28, 2017March 2, 2017 J. T. Roane capitalism, Racial Capitalism

Since the 1980s, policymakers have extended the market logics of risk and profit to encompass all the basic necessities for

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Black Genealogies of Power: Seven Maxims for Resistance in the Trump Years

February 27, 2017March 1, 2017 Dan Berger black radical tradition, Politics, Resistance, Trumpism

“Power concedes nothing without demand,” argued Frederick Douglass in one of his most cited speeches. “It never did and it

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The Transatlantic Journey of South Carolina Freedman James Churchwill Vaughan

February 26, 2017February 28, 2017 Lisa A. Lindsay black, Immigration, West Africa

From the eighteenth century to our own time, a range of African Americans have traveled “back” to Africa in hopes

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A Mind to Stay: A New Book on Black Landowners

February 18, 2017February 20, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi black, Deep South, slavery, South

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

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