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On the use of “Slave Mistress”

August 21, 2015August 21, 2015 Emily Owens

  The passing of the great civil-rights leader Julian Bond earlier this week ignited a firestorm of activity on Twitter.

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Conversion and Hypocrisy: Reflections on the Challenges of Teaching about the Christianity of Slaves and Masters

August 7, 2015August 6, 2015 Chernoh Sesay Jr.

“…between the Christianity of this land, and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference — so wide,

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Radical Transcripts Hidden in Plain View: Excavating and Recovering “Negro Toilers” in the Communist Archive

July 27, 2015December 30, 2016 Guest Poster #AAIHSRoundtable, Communism, Garveyism, Pan-Africanism

This is the third day of the AAIHS’ roundtable on Hakim Adi’s Pan-Africanism and Communism. On the first day, we

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Introduction: Roundtable on Pan-Africanism and Communism by Hakim Adi

July 25, 2015April 24, 2016 Guest Poster #AAIHSRoundtable, Communism, Pan-Africanism

Over the next six days, the African American Intellectual History Society will feature a roundtable on Hakim Adi‘s Pan-Africanism and Communism:

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Ta-Nehisi Coates, David Brooks, and the Master Narrative of American History

July 25, 2015July 25, 2015 Guy Emerson Mount capitalism, Ta-Nehisi Coates, teaching

    I love Ta-Nehisi Coates.  David Brooks…not so much.  Biases disclosed, their squabble—if one can even call it that—exposes

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