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Fighting for Freedom: Free Women of African Descent in New Orleans and Beyond

April 12, 2015April 12, 2015 Jessica Marie Johnson black protest, black rebellion, Civil War, freedom, reconstruction, slavery

Delivered at the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival on Saturday, March 28, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the panel

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Afro-Asian Lens on the Past

March 30, 2015March 15, 2016 Guest Poster Afro-Asia, Japan

***This is the third installment of a short series on Afro-Asia in which I examine the cultural and political exchanges

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June Jordan, “Bringing Back the Person,” and a Call to Community

March 19, 2015March 19, 2015 Rhon Manigault-Bryant

“Body and Soul, Black America reveals the extreme questions of contemporary life, questions of freedom and identity: How can I be

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A Bibliography of African American Freethought

March 5, 2015March 13, 2015 Chris Cameron

Over the past two years, I have been conducting research for a book project on African American freethought, an orientation

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Women’s History Month: The Legacy of the Fight over the 15th Amendment

March 2, 2015March 2, 2015 Noelle Trent Fifteenth Amendment, Frederick Douglass

                     During the past week, Patricia Arquette’s comments during her Oscars acceptance speech have ignited debate across

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