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Dignity, Work, and Race Capitalism

October 15, 2018October 17, 2018 James Padilioni Jr capitalism, race

Recently, a photo of The Cosby Show alum Geoffrey Owens surfaced that showed the actor working as a cashier at

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Enslaved People in Eighteenth-century Britain: An Interview with Nelson Mundell

October 10, 2018October 17, 2018 Keisha N. Blain African Diaspora, archives, Race and Economic History, research, slavery

In today’s post, Keisha N. Blain, Senior Editor of Black Perspectives, interviews Nelson Mundell about the new online database, Runaway Slaves

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‘The Bone and Sinew of the Land’: An Interview with Historian Anna-Lisa Cox

October 9, 2018October 18, 2018 Adam McNeil landownership, slavery

In today’s post, blogger Adam McNeil interviews Anna-Lisa Cox about her new book, The Bone and Sinew of the Land: America’s

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African Americans and the South African Anti-Apartheid Movement

October 5, 2018October 8, 2018 Jessica Ann Levy Activism, African Diaspora, black internationalism, black protest, racism, Resistance, South Africa

The cartoon appeared in the October 1949 issue of New Africa, the monthly anti-imperial bulletin of the New York-based Council

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Black Rights and Black Citizenship in Antebellum Baltimore

October 2, 2018October 3, 2018 Adam McNeil Activism, archives, Baltimore, freedom, race, racism

Throughout my life, I have grappled with the precarious and vulnerable nature of Black life in the United States and

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