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The Cuban Revolution and the Myth of Racial Inclusivity

November 10, 2017November 13, 2017 Nancy Mirabal #AAIHSRoundtable, #AntiracismInCuba, Activism, Caribbean

This post is part of our online roundtable on Devyn Spence Benson’s Antiracism in Cuba. Devyn Spence Benson’s Antiracism in Cuba: The Unfinished

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Raceless Nationalism in Revolutionary Cuba: Rethinking Racial Politics

November 6, 2017November 10, 2017 Aisha Finch #AntiracismInCuba, Cuba, Politics

This post is part of our online roundtable on Devyn Spence Benson’s Antiracism In Cuba. Devyn Spence Benson’s Antiracism in Cuba

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Like Praying: Puerto Rico on a Map

October 28, 2017October 31, 2017 Jessica Marie Johnson Caribbean, Donald Trump

“Although the plantation tradition has been relegated to the dustbin of history by some social theorists, it continues to survive

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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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Charter Schools and the Black Independent School Movement

October 23, 2017October 25, 2017 Raven Moses Activism, black nationalism, teaching

In October 2016, the NAACP issued a formal statement advocating a national cessation of charter school expansion pending increased oversight

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