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Black Protest, White Backlash, and the History of Scientific Racism

October 5, 2016October 4, 2016 Guest Poster 2016 Presidential Election, Colin Kaepernick

Co-Authored by Christopher Petrella and Justin Gomer “Mainstream culture…defines threats to racial order as a form of madness that is,

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Is the Myth of Racial Harmony Killing Our Country?

October 3, 2016October 4, 2016 Devyn Spence Benson black internationalism, black protest, police brutality

My eyes draw open, fixing on the silhouette of the spinning blades of the ceiling fan above my bed. After

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Angela Davis and the Black Radical Tradition in the Era of Black Lives Matter

October 2, 2016October 2, 2016 Minkah Makalani Angela Davis, black lives matter, black radical tradition

Over the past few days, hundreds of people joined Black Studies at the University of Texas for our first international

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Black Girlhood in the Nineteenth Century: A New Book on Black Girls in Literature

September 30, 2016September 29, 2016 Ibram X. Kendi

This post is part of a recurring blog series I am editing, which announces the release of selected new works in

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Black Women, Slavery, and Silences of the Past

September 28, 2016September 26, 2016 Brandon Byrd black intellectual history, Black women, emancipation

Power does not enter the story once and for all, but at different times and from different angles. It precedes

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