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“Free the Land!”: Fifty Years of the Republic of New Afrika

April 10, 2018April 30, 2018 Dan Berger black nationalism, Black radicalism, self-determination

An impressive assortment of Black radicals gathered to sign the Declaration of Independence. It was not Philadelphia 1776, of course,

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Searching for the Black Organizational Past

March 22, 2018March 26, 2018 Melissa Wooten Activism, archives, education, research

Growing up I heard many stories about my parents’ involvement in the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, a collective dedicated

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Erica Garner and the Trauma of Police Violence in Black Communities

January 3, 2018January 5, 2018 Ameer Hasan Loggins health, police brutality, police violence, policing

As I write this article, I want to be clear about my intended audience. I am writing this piece in remembrance

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2017 in Review: Roundtables on Black Perspectives

December 27, 2017January 2, 2018 AAIHS Editors

In 2017, Black Perspectives, the blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), hosted ten online roundtables and forums, featuring leading scholars

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Black Radicalism and Voices of Resistance

December 16, 2017December 21, 2017 Dan Berger Angela Davis, mass incarceration, Political Prisoners, prisons

First published at the end of 1971, Angela Davis’ If They Come in the Morning is the kind of urgent tract

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