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On Race and Sports: An Interview with Howard Bryant

September 21, 2018September 25, 2018 Jermaine Scott Activism, black protest, police brutality, police violence

In today’s post, Jermaine Scott, a PhD candidate in the Department of African American Studies at Northwestern University, interviews Howard

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Prison Abolition Syllabus 2.0

September 8, 2018September 18, 2018 Guest Poster Political Prisoners, Prison Abolition, prisons

Even in prison, rebellions are contagious. In 2016, a national prison strike led us to compile the Prison Abolition Syllabus on

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Langston Hughes on Film: An Interview with Darren Canady and Randal Maurice Jelks

June 12, 2018June 16, 2018 Imani A. Wadud archives, art, black intellectual history, blackness, film, Harlem Renaissance, music

In today’s post, University of Kansas PhD Candidate, Imani A. Wadud, interviews Darren Canady and Randal Maurice Jelks on their new

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#SummerReading: Recommended New Books on the Black Experience

June 11, 2018June 16, 2018 Ibram X. Kendi black intellectual history

With summer quickly approaching, I have compiled a list of recommended new non-fiction books. All of these books, which were

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The Promise of the Nation of Islam

May 24, 2018June 5, 2018 Robyn C. Spencer #PromiseofPatriarchy, archives, Black women, Nation of Islam, religion, self-determination

This post is part of our online roundtable on Ula Taylor’s The Promise of Patriarchy  Controversy over the Nation of Islam

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