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A Family History of British Empire

February 5, 2021January 30, 2021 Mary Hicks African Diaspora, black feminism, Black women, Caribbean

“Where are you from?”—The deceptively simple question looms over the sprawling narrative of Imperial Intimacies: A Tale of Two Islands,

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Law Enforcement’s Double Standards for Black Radical Activists

February 1, 2021January 30, 2021 Denise Lynn Activism, black radical tradition, Black women, Resistance

Many Americans were appalled to watch the Donald Trump inspired coup attempt against Congress. That Trump instigated his followers and

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What Julian Bond Taught Me About Politics and Power

January 27, 2021January 27, 2021 Jeanne Theoharis black politics, black protest, Civil Rights Movement, South

I found myself thinking about Julian Bond when the news broke that Georgia had elected its first Black senator, Reverend

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We Are Not Slaves — An Author’s Response

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Robert T. Chase #AAIHSRoundtable, #WeAreNotSlaves, carceral state, Gender, Jim Crow, oral history, prisons, race, racism, sexual violence, sexuality, slavery, violence, white supremacy

*This post is part of our online roundtable on Robert T. Chase’s We Are Not Slaves. On Friday, January 15, at 12noon

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Prisoners’ Rights, Resistance, and the Law

January 13, 2021January 10, 2021 Cheryl D. Hicks #WeAreNotSlaves, carceral state, mass incarceration, prisons

*This post is part of our online roundtable on Robert T. Chase’s We Are Not Slaves. Robert Chase’s compelling book, We

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