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African American Freedom and the Illusive “Forty Acres and a Mule”

November 16, 2017November 17, 2017 Karen Cook Bell economic justice, landownership, race, racism, reconstruction, Resistance, South

On August 18, 2016, the United Nations Working Group on Experts of People of African Descent determined that the history

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The Black Intellectual Tradition and Hip Hop

September 20, 2017September 22, 2017 Matthew Teutsch black intellectual history, music, slavery

Pictured in profile on the cover The Narrative (2016), hip hop artist Sho Baraka calls upon listeners to draw connections between

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Hubert Harrison: Black Griot of the Harlem Renaissance

July 8, 2017July 10, 2017 Brian Kwoba Garveyism, Harlem, Harlem Renaissance, Marcus Garvey, New York, Universal Negro Improvement Association

The historical restoration of Hubert Henry Harrison (1883–1927) calls for a rethinking of the Black radical tradition in the early

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Colorism as Racism: Garvey, Du Bois and the Other Color Line

May 24, 2017May 26, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi Colorism, Marcus Garvey, racism, W.E.B. Du Bois

One hundred years ago this month, Marcus Mosiah Garvey and thirteen associates gathered in a Harlem basement to found the

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The Black Freedom Struggle, Healthcare Activism, and the Affordable Care Act

March 5, 2017March 8, 2017 Ashley Farmer Activism, Black Panther Party, Black Panthers, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement

At a recent press conference President Donald Trump remarked, “nobody knew that healthcare could be so complicated.” This statement was

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