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The Borders of Black Power

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 Adam Ewing #QuitoSwan, Black political thought, Black Power, environmental justice

*This post is part of our roundtable on Quito Swan’s ‘Pauulu’s Diaspora.’ Dr. Swan will be in conversation with Dr.

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Gen Z Hip Hop, Rod Wave, and Black Masculinity

June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 Mickell Carter Activism, art, Gender, music, Resistance

Early this year, rapper Rod Wave’s album, Soul Fly, entered the music scene with a sharp analysis of contemporary Black manhood.

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Excavating Black Queer Thought: A Pride Bibliography (Part III)

June 14, 2021June 13, 2021 Emerald Rutledge African Diaspora, Black Queer Identity, Black Queers, blackness, Gender, LGBT, literature, poetry, race, sexuality

In honor of Pride Month 2021, I wanted to extend the list of texts from the bibliography offered last year,

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The Reconstruction Origins of Black Wall Street

June 1, 2021May 30, 2021 Alexandra E. Stern archives, black protest, race, Resistance, Tulsa

The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre targeted and destroyed the city’s prosperous Greenwood District, home to a vibrant economy of Black-owned businesses that

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George Floyd and the Global Fight for Black Lives

May 26, 2021June 5, 2021 Mickell Carter Black Europe, black internationalism, blackness, police brutality, police violence

The murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, acted as a catalyst for Black Lives Matter protests around the

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