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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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A New Take On An Old Story: Robyn C. Spencer’s The Revolution Has Come

July 10, 2017July 14, 2017 Michael Ezra #AAIHSRoundtable, #RevolutionHasCome, Black Panther Party, Black Panthers

This post is part of our online roundtable on Robyn Spencer’s The Revolution Has Come The wealth of scholarly inquiry

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Malcolm X in the Courtroom

February 25, 2017February 27, 2017 Garrett Felber #RememberingMalcolm, Malcolm X, Nation of Islam

This post is part of our online forum, “Remembering Malcolm,” edited by Garrett Felber. Malcolm X. (Source: AP Photo/Eddie Adams) In one

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Trumpism and the Magnitude of Mass Incarceration

February 16, 2017February 18, 2017 David Stein carceral state, Donald Trump, mass incarceration, police violence

On Thursday, February 9, President Trump instituted new executive actions, which affirmed his campaign vows to emphasize “law and order.”

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Blood in the Water: An Author’s Response

January 27, 2017January 29, 2017 Heather Ann Thompson #BloodintheWater, carceral state, mass incarceration, police violence

This is the final day of our roundtable on Heather Ann Thompson’s book, Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison

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