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The United States and Colonial Zimbabwe: Pan-African Linkages

May 14, 2018May 23, 2018 Brooks Marmon africa, Anticolonialism, black press, Pan-Africanism, Zimbabwe

In 1965, the racially-driven political crisis in the British self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia (colonial Zimbabwe) entered a dramatic new

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Gender, Civil Rights, and the Case of Odell Waller

February 26, 2018March 1, 2018 Karen Cook Bell Black women, Jim Crow, law, poverty, violence

Pauli Murray is a central figure of women’s activism. Her career spanned five decades and included work in the labor

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Mississippi’s Civil Rights Museum: Reflections from a Native Daughter

February 14, 2018February 16, 2018 Tiyi Morris Activism, black protest, Black women, civil rights, Donald Trump, racism

Several weeks ago, I attended the opening activities for the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson. The museum represents a long-overdue,

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Josephine Butler and Environmental Activism in Washington, DC

January 13, 2018January 20, 2018 Jaimee A. Swift Black women, environmentalism, social justice

The first time I heard about Josephine Butler was when I stepped into the building named after her––the Josephine Butler

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The Art And Lives of James Baldwin: An Interview with Douglas Field

January 15, 2017March 26, 2017 Phillip Luke Sinitiere black intellectual history, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, religion

This month I interviewed Douglas Field about his book All Those Strangers: The Art and Lives of James Baldwin. Field

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