Frederick Douglass’s Vision of America
*This post is part of our online forum on the life of Frederick Douglass. Fellow Citizens: I’m worried. Very worried. But don’t
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Making Race in British Colonial North America
When confronted with three eighteenth-century newspaper advertisements seeking a missing man from Connecticut named Ishmael Mux of “a white Complexion,”
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On W.E.B. Du Bois and Poetry
*Editor’s Note: This week we are publishing our recent online forum on W.E.B. Du Bois in recognition of the anniversary of his passing on
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The Illusion of Progress in the Story of American Democracy
The word progress is central to contemporary political rhetoric. Self-described progressives work toward what they see as positive change. Meanwhile, a
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Online Roundtable: Ula Taylor’s The Promise of Patriarchy
May 21-25, 2018 Black Perspectives is collaborating with the Journal of Civil and Human Rights (JCHR)* to host a roundtable on Ula Y. Taylor’s
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