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How Gentrification and Displacement Are Remaking Boston

November 28, 2017December 2, 2017 Zebulon Miletsky and Tomas Gonzalez Boston, gentrification, Race and Economic History, segregation

This post is part of our online forum on Race, Property, and Economic History. Ask anyone in Boston, “what’s going on in Roxbury?”

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Race, Property, and Economic History: An Introduction

November 27, 2017November 30, 2017 Walter Greason economic justice, Race and Economic History, Racial Capitalism

This post is the introduction to our online forum on Race, Property, and Economic History. What is erasure? How have Black residents been historically

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Radical Intellect: A New Book on Liberator Magazine

November 22, 2017November 25, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi black, Black Arts Movement, Black Power

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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Interracial Intimacy and Film as Social Commentary

November 18, 2017November 22, 2017 Matthew Teutsch film, Interracial relationships, masculinity

Fifty years ago, the Supreme Court struck down anti-miscegenation laws in Loving v. Virginia. In 1969, the first interracial sex scene

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Chocolate City: A New Book on Race and Democracy in Washington, D.C.

November 18, 2017November 20, 2017 Julie Hawks Washington DC

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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