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Storytelling and Racial Healing

September 18, 2017September 21, 2017 Celeste Henery black internationalism, Civil Rights Movement, Frederick Douglass, racism

I recently returned from a storytelling school in a small coastal town on the North Channel of Northern Ireland. I

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Unite the Right, Colin Kaepernick, and Social Media

September 8, 2017September 15, 2017 Azmar Williams social media, Social Movements, Virginia

On April 22, 1820, Thomas Jefferson captured the crux of America’s race problem in a letter to Maine politician John

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How African American Activists are Influencing Latinos

July 25, 2017July 29, 2017 Aaron Fountain #BlackLivesMatter, black lives matter, black politics, Latino/a, police brutality, police violence, Puerto Rico

Politicized by Black Lives Matter, Latinos across the country are calling for police reform and direct, organized actions by building

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Hatred Without Borders: When White Supremacy Kills White People

June 13, 2017June 16, 2017 Trimiko Melancon Racial Violence, racism, violence, white supremacy

Much has transpired over the past several weeks that makes transparent the extent to which white supremacy and hatred-based violence

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A Reverence for Hope: On Struggle, Faith, and Persistence

May 24, 2017May 30, 2017 Russell Rickford Racial Violence, violence

“Poetry is not a luxury.” — Audre Lorde America horrifies me. Its savagery and vulgarity. Its appetite for racial terror.

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