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Mainstreaming Black Power: A New Book on the Black Power Movement

December 11, 2017December 15, 2017 Julie Hawks Black Panther Party, Black Power

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

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Black Women’s Efforts to Combat Food Insecurity

December 11, 2017December 14, 2017 Ashley Farmer Activism, Black women, economic justice, food, student activism

Last month, students at Spelman and Morehouse Colleges ended their two-week hunger strike designed to raise awareness about food insecurity

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Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap

December 5, 2017December 21, 2017 Guy Emerson Mount capitalism, economic justice

When I first heard about the “#BankBlack movement” I knew I smelled a rat. So I wrote about it. After reading Mehrsa

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Remaking Black Power: A New Book on Women and Black Power

December 4, 2017December 7, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi black feminism, Black women, social justice

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

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Black Women and Economic Justice in St. Louis: An Interview with Keona Ervin

December 2, 2017December 6, 2017 Candace Borders Black women, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, economic justice, Jim Crow, Resistance

In today’s post, Candace Borders, a recent graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, interviews Keona K. Ervin on her

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