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Is the Myth of Racial Harmony Killing Our Country?

October 3, 2016October 4, 2016 Devyn Spence Benson black internationalism, black protest, police brutality

My eyes draw open, fixing on the silhouette of the spinning blades of the ceiling fan above my bed. After

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“70: Remembering a Revolution” in Trinidad and Tobago

September 30, 2016September 30, 2016 Paul Hébert Canada, Eric Williams

Last month, I wrote about how close ties between Canada and the Commonwealth Caribbean shaped Black activism in Canada in

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Black Girlhood in the Nineteenth Century: A New Book on Black Girls in Literature

September 30, 2016September 29, 2016 Ibram X. Kendi

This post is part of a recurring blog series I am editing, which announces the release of selected new works in

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What’s Missing from Black Counternarratives to Donald Trump

September 26, 2016September 25, 2016 Andrea Roberts 2016 Presidential Election, Donald Trump

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s speeches and faux outreach to African Americans before all-white crowds in Michigan and Milwaukee in

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#BrazilFreedomSchool, Anti-Black Violence, and the Rio Olympics: An Interview with Christen Smith

September 25, 2016September 24, 2016 Yesenia Barragan #BlackLivesMatter, Brazil

This month I interviewed Professor Christen Smith (@profsassy), Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies and Anthropology at University

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