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Black Remembrance and Racial Violence in New Orleans

December 21, 2021December 20, 2021 Sowande’ M. Mustakeem Jim Crow, Racial Violence

In 1831, Nat Turner—who led a band of bondpeople into insurrection in Southampton, Virginia –was executed, quelling what a great

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Jack Johnson and Africa: Boxing and Race in Colonial Africa

October 12, 2021October 11, 2021 Abraham Tapiwa Seda African Diaspora, black internationalism, Boxing, Gender, South Africa, sports, Zimbabwe

Jack Johnson never set foot in Africa, but the circulation of his images was heavily censored and sometimes prohibited in

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The Resilience of Black Love in Black History

February 12, 2021February 22, 2021 Koritha Mitchell Black women, Marriage, sexuality

When Michelle Obama’s appearance at the Biden/Harris inauguration set social media ablaze, many enjoyed imagining Barack Obama bragging about his

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Those Who Know Don’t Say: An Author’s Response

November 20, 2020November 15, 2020 Garrett Felber #ThoseWhoKnow, carceral state, mass incarceration, Nation of Islam, prisons

*This post is part of our joint online roundtable with The Journal of Civil and Human Rights on Garrett Felber’s Those Who Know Don’t Say.

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Redefining the Boundaries of the Nation of Islam’s Political Participation

November 18, 2020November 15, 2020 Alaina Morgan #ThoseWhoKnow, carceral state, mass incarceration, Nation of Islam, prisons

*This post is part of our joint online roundtable with The Journal of Civil and Human Rights on Garrett Felber’s Those Who Know Don’t Say.

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