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On the Racist Ideas Jesse Owens Could Not Outrun

February 21, 2016February 21, 2016 Ibram X. Kendi civil rights, racism, sports

It is always quite difficult for me to watch Hollywood biopics on celebrated African Americans figures. Too many of these

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Introduction to the #Blackpanthersyllabus

February 20, 2016February 20, 2016 Keisha N. Blain Black Panther Party, Black Power, Civil Rights Movement

Beyoncé’s new song, “Formation” and her recent performance at the Super Bowl 50 halftime show has ignited a storm of

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W. E. B. Du Bois and Black History Month

February 18, 2016February 18, 2016 Phillip Luke Sinitiere black intellectual history, black internationalism, black politics, W.E.B. Du Bois

The year was 1949. Eighty-one-year-old W. E. B Du Bois was one year removed from his second stint at the

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Black Britons and the Politics of Belonging: An Interview with Kennetta Hammond Perry

February 10, 2016February 10, 2016 Reena Goldthree Activism, Amy Ashwood Garvey, black politics, Caribbean, Claudia Jones, London

This month, I interviewed Kennetta Hammond Perry about her new book, London is the Place for Me: Black Britons, Citizenship

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Reconsidering Malcolm X and Islam

February 8, 2016February 9, 2016 Guest Poster Malcolm X, Nation of Islam

This is a guest post by Garrett Felber, a scholar of 20th century African American history at the University of Michigan

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