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Why the New Great Migration Matters

January 8, 2024January 1, 2024 Beatrice J. Adams African Diaspora, Civil Rights Movement, Great Migration, Migration

In the recent documentary “South to Black Power,” Charles Blow reaffirms his previous call for a “Second Great Migration.” His

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Dr. King and a Moral Plan for Justice

November 28, 2023November 14, 2023 M. Keith Claybrook Activism, Civil Rights Movement, Jim Crow, Resistance

Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was a pastor, civil rights leader, Nobel Prize winner, author, son, husband, and father. It took

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John Potts and Radical Student Activism

November 1, 2023October 24, 2023 Candace Cunningham black intellectual history, education, HBCU history, Higher education, Resistance, teaching

Black educator Dr. John Foster Potts may be a largely unknown figure today, but in Jim Crow-era South Carolina he

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The Life and Activism of Rosa Parks: A CBFS Interview

October 5, 2023September 22, 2023 Lucien Baskin Black Women's History, CBFS, Civil Rights Movement, interview, Rosa Parks

Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black

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African Americans and the State Militia

September 22, 2023September 7, 2023 Gregory Mixon antebellum, citizenship, Civil War, military, Militia

What is the historical relationship between African Americans and the state militia? Today, some may believe the militia to be

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