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Locating and Connecting Latin America and the African Diaspora

May 27, 2015May 28, 2015 Chris Cameron

A few months ago, Greg Childs explored the connections between African Diaspora and Latin American historiography, noting the need for

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Teaching Phillis Wheatley in Light of Freddie Gray

May 8, 2015 Chernoh Sesay Jr. Ferguson, primary source, teaching

Noelle Trent wrote a great post about how to locate “the reality of students’ lives in the themes and trends

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Why did Nat Turner “confess”?

April 29, 2015April 29, 2015 Patrick Rael Henry Highland Garnet, Nat Turner, William Lloyd Garrison

Turner sought to carry on in words the work he had begun with a sword. This blog has been blessed

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The Politics of the Parental Leave, pt. 1

April 15, 2015April 20, 2015 Greg Childs

Recently my thoughts have been drawn to the politics of black parenting and academia. What thus follows is the first

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Fighting for Freedom: Free Women of African Descent in New Orleans and Beyond

April 12, 2015April 12, 2015 Jessica Marie Johnson black protest, black rebellion, Civil War, freedom, reconstruction, slavery

Delivered at the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival on Saturday, March 28, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the panel

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