“Dr. Martin Luther King’s Mother is Slain” and Lessons from Gendered History
On June 30th, 1974 an armed gunman strode into the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. The church, located in
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Brooklyn Stands With Selma
The following excerpt comes from the conclusion of my book, Fighting Jim Crow in the County of Kings: The Congress
Read moreReflecting on the U.S. Occupation of Haiti, One Hundred Years Later
This year marks the anniversary of two cataclysmic events in Haitian history: the U.S. occupation of Haiti in 1915 and
Read moreFrom the Edmund Pettus Bridge to W. Florissant Ave: A Review of Selma
There are few moments when you can watch a film and feel as though its speaking to the exact moment
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Today’s guest post is by Robert Greene II, who is a doctoral candidate in history at the University of South
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