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The Visual Documentation of Racist Violence in America

November 4, 2020October 31, 2020 Mary Niall Mitchell Civil War, photography, race, racism, slavery

Speaking to a Washington Post reporter recently, attorney Ben Crump (who represents the families of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Sean

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The Radical and Transnational Roots of Black History Month in Britain

October 7, 2020October 4, 2020 E. James West African Diaspora, black internationalism, black protest, civil rights

In 1926, Carter G. Woodson, historian and founder of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, announced

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The Roots of the ‘Imprisoned Black Radical Tradition’

August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 Stephen Wilson, Dylan Rodríguez, Joy James et. al. IBRT

*This interview is part of our online forum on ‘The Imprisoned Black Radical Tradition,’ organized by Stephen Wilson and Garrett

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The Role of Violence in the Abolitionist Movement

August 19, 2020August 19, 2020 Mike Jirik slavery, violence

On September 11 1851, George Ford, Nelson Ford, Noah Buley, and Joshua Hammond arrived at William and Eliza Parker’s home

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African American Women and the Building of Educational Institutions

August 17, 2020August 16, 2020 N’Kosi Oates education

In 1865, just months after the Civil War had ended, the Colored People’s Educational Monument Association (CPEMA) worked to establish

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