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Black Lives & Native Lands: Rewriting the History of New England

May 5, 2020May 3, 2020 David Guzman African Diaspora, slavery

The study of slavery in New England has experienced something of a revival in the last decade. Given that New

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“We’ll Hold The Police Accountable!”: The Useful Meaninglessnesses of Liberal-speak

April 27, 2020April 26, 2020 Yannick Marshall police brutality, police violence, policing, race, Racial Violence, racism

It has been two years since Stephon Clark was killed in his grandmother’s backyard. Two years since Rev. Al Sharpton

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Racism After Redlining

April 21, 2020April 23, 2020 N.D.B Connolly civil rights, housing, Racial Capitalism

Practically any modern American historian can narrate a brief history of redlining in the United States. As the story goes,

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Occupied Territory: An Author’s Response

April 10, 2020April 5, 2020 Simon Balto #AAIHSRoundtable, #OccupiedTerritory, Chicago, police brutality, police violence, policing

*This post is part of our joint online roundtable with the Journal of Civil and Human Rights on Simon Balto’s Occupied Territory: Policing

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Violence, Empathy, and Solidarity, in the New History of Policing

April 6, 2020April 5, 2020 Dan Berger #AAIHSRoundtable, #OccupiedTerritory, carceral state, mass incarceration, police brutality, police violence, policing

*This post is part of our joint online roundtable with the Journal of Civil and Human Rights on Simon Balto’s Occupied Territory: Policing

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