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The Problem of White-Washing Juneteenth

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 James Jones III Racial Violence, slavery, South, W.E.B. Du Bois, white supremacy

Juneteenth’s increasing popularity places long-time celebrants in an unenviable position where euphoria regarding Jubilee’s popularity is tempered by the threat

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Ruminations on Juneteenth: Red as a Living Archive

June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 Endia Hayes Activism, African Diaspora, archives, Juneteenth, Resistance

                  (Black Unity Juneteenth Celebration, Eugene, Oregon, David Geitgey Sierralupe/flickr.com) On June

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The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: Healing Historical Racial Trauma

May 31, 2021May 30, 2021 Hannibal B. Johnson black protest, race, Racial Violence, Resistance, white supremacy

The centennial of a defining, defiling moment in Tulsa history, the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre (“Tulsa Massacre”), May 31 –

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The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

April 30, 2021April 28, 2021 AAIHS Editors

May 31, 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, when a violent white mob nearly destroyed the

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Lunchtime Book Talk with Author Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

March 8, 2021March 19, 2021 AAIHS Editors #RaceForProfit

Friday, March 12, 2021 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), invites readers to attend a lunchtime

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