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Pictorial Manifestations: On a Younger Harriet Tubman

February 15, 2017February 19, 2017 Janell Hobson Harriet Tubman, Post-Civil War, slavery, Underground Railroad, Visual Culture

Few may remember the rather juvenile comments objecting to the announcement on April 20, 2016 by the Department of the

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Resisting Racism and Islamophobia: Lessons from Muslim Slave Narratives

February 9, 2017February 13, 2017 Annette Joseph-Gabriel Haiti, marronage, racism, religion, slavery

The highly contested executive order that sought to deny citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries entry into the United States has

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History As A Communal Act: The History of Black History Month

February 1, 2017January 30, 2018 Stephen G. Hall black intellectual history

African Americans have always imagined and constructed history as a communal act. At the inception of the African American historical

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Race, Class, and Television: A First Look at Brazil’s Dystopic Drama 3%

January 18, 2017January 20, 2017 Greg Childs Afro-Brazilians, Afrofuturism, Brazil

3% is Netflix’s latest original series ordered up from Latin America, and the first from Brazil. Set in a dystopic

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An Introduction to the African American Intellectual Heritage Book Series

January 10, 2017March 26, 2017 Keisha N. Blain black intellectual history

In today’s post, I sit down with Professors Patrick B. Miller and Paul Spickard to discuss their book series, The African American

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