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Black Women, the Civil War, and United States Colored Troops

July 20, 2021July 19, 2021 Holly A. Pinheiro, Jr. Activism, Black women, Resistance

  In 1887, William J. Simmons, a United States Colored Troops (USCT) veteran turned historian, expressed his gratitude to Black

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Ada Wright, the Scottsboro Defense Campaign, and the Popular Front

July 13, 2021July 11, 2021 Ashley Everson black protest, Black women, racism

In the midst of the Great Depression in 1931, nine Black teenage boys were falsely convicted of allegedly raping two

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The Small Spaces of Global Struggle

July 1, 2021June 26, 2021 Nicole Bourbonnais #QuitoSwan, African Diaspora, black internationalism, Pan-Africanism, Resistance

*This post is part of our roundtable on Quito Swan’s ‘Pauulu’s Diaspora.’ Global struggle is forged through mass protests, boycotts, and

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The Black Pacific and the Shapes of Global Black Power

June 30, 2021June 27, 2021 Amanda Joyce Hall #QuitoSwan, Activism, black internationalism, Black Power, Pauulu's Diaspora

                        *This post is part of our roundtable on

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The Borders of Black Power

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 Adam Ewing #QuitoSwan, Black political thought, Black Power, environmental justice

*This post is part of our roundtable on Quito Swan’s ‘Pauulu’s Diaspora.’ Dr. Swan will be in conversation with Dr.

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