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Life Lessons from Georgetown’s Basketball Coach John Thompson

May 18, 2021June 5, 2021 Maurice Jackson black protest, sports

John Thompson Jr. often said, “I tell everyone I speak two languages fluently—English and profanity.” He used language and stories

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Race, Digital Humanities, and New Technological Frontiers

March 30, 2021April 18, 2021 Jessica Parr Activism, Black women, race, racism

Readers of Black Perspectives are undoubtedly aware of conversations around tech, gender, and race. (And if you are unfamiliar with

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Black Fatherhood in the Long Nineteenth Century

March 23, 2021April 18, 2021 Aisha Djelid book review, Gender, masculinity, police violence, race, Racial Violence, racism, Resistance, slavery

The summer of 2020 was not only dominated by a global pandemic, but also saw a surge in support for

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For Generations, Black People have led Global Antiracist Movements

March 17, 2021March 8, 2021 Brenda Gayle Plummer

This year’s Black History Month comes in the aftermath of last summer’s global uprisings after the police killing of George Floyd.

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On the Mythologizing of United States History

March 16, 2021March 14, 2021 Matthew Teutsch black intellectual history, Civil Rights Movement, race, Racial Violence, white supremacy

On January 18th of this year, the same day the nation celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the outgoing Trump

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