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Identity and Culture in Roman Africa: An Interview with Jennifer A. Rea

November 24, 2017November 27, 2017 Julian Chambliss #comicsandrace, africa, classics, comic books, Gender, intersectionality

In his recent post “African American and the Classics: An Introduction,” David Withun highlighted the problem posed by the assumption

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Black Women’s Voices and the Archive

November 15, 2017November 17, 2017 Halee Robinson archives, Belle Meade Plantation, Black women, Public History, slavery, violence

In 1886, Charles Dudley Warner, a Massachusetts-born writer, traveled to Nashville, Tennessee to learn about the Southern way of life.

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Faith, Myths, and Black Prometheus

November 14, 2017November 16, 2017 David Withun black rebellion, racism, religion, Resistance, slavery, white supremacy

In A Black Theology of Liberation, James H. Cone controversially asserted, “If God is not for us, if God is not

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The Rise of Incarceration in Los Angeles: An Interview with Kelly Lytle Hernandez

October 28, 2017October 31, 2017 Erica Sterling Los Angeles, mass incarceration

In today’s post, Erica Sterling, a PhD student in the Department of History at Harvard University, interviews Kelly Lytle Hernandez about

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Black Mobility, Law, and Freedom

October 27, 2017October 30, 2017 Jessica Parr Activism, freedom, law, slavery, travel

In 1849, an unnamed Missouri slave owner took a male slave to California to search for gold. Two years later,

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