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‘From the Tricontinental to the Global South’: A New Book on Race and Transnational Solidarity

October 8, 2018October 17, 2018 Keisha N. Blain black radical tradition, Black radicalism

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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Statues, Symbolism, and White Supremacy

October 5, 2018October 8, 2018 Devyn Spence Benson African Diaspora, black protest, Black radicalism, Caribbean, Cuba, Resistance, white supremacy

Last month, protesters at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, the state’s flagship campus, surprised the nation by toppling the

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Black Rights and Black Citizenship in Antebellum Baltimore

October 2, 2018October 3, 2018 Adam McNeil Activism, archives, Baltimore, freedom, race, racism

Throughout my life, I have grappled with the precarious and vulnerable nature of Black life in the United States and

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‘Upending the Ivory Tower’: A New Book on the Black Student Movement

October 2, 2018October 3, 2018 Keisha N. Blain Black Power, Black Power Studies, education, education reform

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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‘Unrequited Toil’: A New Book on the History of U.S. Slavery

September 19, 2018September 25, 2018 Keisha N. Blain capitalism, race, Racial Capitalism, racism, slavery

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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