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Black Lives Matter: A Legacy of Black Power Protest

September 15, 2016September 13, 2016 Hasan Kwame Jeffries #BlackLivesMatter, #ScholarsRespond, Black Lives Matter Forum, Black Panther Party, M4BL, Policy Demands

 “The demands made by The Movement for Black Lives makes clear that what has been occurring of late is, without

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Black Love Post-Death, Part II

September 12, 2016September 11, 2016 Jessica Marie Johnson black lives matter, Black Studies

Last year, right around this time, I wrote this for Focus: The Princeton Department of African and African American Studies Medium

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Men without Pants: Masculinity and the Enslaved

September 11, 2016September 11, 2016 Keri Leigh Merritt Deep South, masculinity

Although nearly fifty-seven years have passed since Stanley Elkins’ provocative thesis on the effects of slavery rocked the historical community,

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Beyond Today’s Vote: Constructions of Black Identity Then and Now

September 9, 2016September 8, 2016 Chernoh Sesay Jr. Phillis Wheatley

“The political and cultural identities of black people have never been reducible to a discrete and unified list of interests

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Forging Black Identities in Slavery and Freedom: An Interview with Alex Borucki

September 2, 2016August 31, 2016 Reena Goldthree slave trade

This month, I interviewed Alex Borucki about his new book, From Shipmates to Soldiers: Emerging Black Identities in the Río

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