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The Signifyin(g) Saint: Encoding Homoerotic Intimacy in Black Harlem

March 14, 2017March 17, 2017 James Padilioni Jr Black Queers, Harlem, Harlem Renaissance, New York, religion, W.E.B. Du Bois

On June 25, 1942, Edward Atkinson arrived at 101 Central Park West to sit for a photo shoot in the

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From Concentration Camps to the Senate: Black Women in the French Resistance

March 13, 2017March 16, 2017 Annette Joseph-Gabriel Anticolonialism, Black women, France, Resistance

The role that over a million African soldiers played in World War II has garnered interest in recent years. Calls for countries

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Booker T. Washington and the White Fear of Black Charisma

March 2, 2017March 6, 2017 Jeremy C. Young Barack Obama, black politics, black protest, W.E.B. Du Bois

First, the crowd gathered at the Atlanta Exposition on September 18, 1895, heard the band play “Dixie”; then they listened

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Black Women Doctors in the World of Comics

March 1, 2017March 4, 2017 Darnel Degand #comicsandrace, Black women, comic books, Gender

This guest post is part of our blog series on Comics, Race, and Society, edited by Julian Chambliss and Walter

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Man-Child Under the Moonlight: Black Masculinity in the Promised Land

February 28, 2017March 3, 2017 Stephen G. Hall Black film, film, masculinity, sexuality

Sunday night’s mishap at the Oscars, which mistakenly gave the award for Best Picture to La La Land, reflects the

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