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Muhammad Ali, Freedom Road, and the Legacy of Reconstruction

June 24, 2016June 23, 2016 Guest Poster Muhammad Ali, reconstruction

Today we’re featuring a guest post by Robert Bland, a doctoral candidate in the Department of History at the University

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The Future of the African American Religious Past

June 23, 2016June 21, 2016 Guest Poster religion

Today’s guest post is from Paul Harvey, Professor of History, and Presidential Teaching Scholar at the University of Colorado. Dr.

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The Taming of Muhammad Ali

June 22, 2016June 21, 2016 Russell Rickford black nationalism, Muhammad Ali

“The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.”- Steven Biko Muhammad Ali

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Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome is a Racist Idea

June 21, 2016June 21, 2016 Ibram X. Kendi trauma

For a generation of open-minded Americans, the original Roots miniseries in 1977 uprooted fields of racist ideas of backward Africa,

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On Freedom and Radicalizing the Black Radical Tradition

June 18, 2016December 30, 2016 Guest Poster #FreedomAAIHS, marronage

Today, Neil Roberts concludes the roundtable on his book Freedom as Marronage. We began with an introduction by Jared Hardesty

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