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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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Agents of Change: Black Freethinkers Then and Now

August 17, 2020August 16, 2020 Lauren T. Rorie black intellectual history, religion

Religion, as part of the trifecta of “sex, politics, and religion” is the most under-examined aspect of contemporary Black feminist

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Bail Funds, Buying Freedom, and a History of Abolition

August 13, 2020August 14, 2020 Julia W. Bernier abolition, abolitionism, Prison Abolition

In recent months bail funds have gained unprecedented popularity as a way to redistribute funds to release protesters arrested in

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The 1619 Project and the ‘Anti-Lincoln Tradition’

August 11, 2020August 9, 2020 E. James West archives, black intellectual history, race, slavery

Earlier this year, the Pulitzer Prize Committee announced that this year’s prize for journalistic commentary would be awarded to New

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