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Envisioning Black Memphis at Midcentury

October 9, 2018October 18, 2018 Beverly Greene Bond Black women, racism, religion, Unseen Light

*This post is part of our online forum on Aram Goudsouzian and Charles McKinney’s An Unseen Light By 1940, Memphis, Tennessee was – with

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A History of Truth in These Troubled Times

October 8, 2018October 17, 2018 Hettie Williams black politics, Black women, Donald Trump, electoral politics, Politics

A conversation about history, truth, and the American experience is necessary in these troubled times. The truth is under assault

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Statues, Symbolism, and White Supremacy

October 5, 2018October 8, 2018 Devyn Spence Benson African Diaspora, black protest, Black radicalism, Caribbean, Cuba, Resistance, white supremacy

Last month, protesters at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, the state’s flagship campus, surprised the nation by toppling the

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Richard Greener, First Black Graduate of Harvard College

October 4, 2018October 8, 2018 Michael David Cohen black intellectual history, Jim Crow, race

In 1911, Richard Greener was introduced to an audience as “‘the first colored graduate of Harvard,’ ‘ex-Consul to Russia,’ and ‘the

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Black Radicalism and the Trial of Claudia Jones

October 4, 2018October 8, 2018 Denise Lynn black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Black women, Claudia Jones, Communist Party, criminal justice system

This is the second installment in a three-part series on Claudia Jones. Read the first installment here. Claudia Jones believed that

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