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The New Negro: A New Book on Black Philosopher Alain Locke

February 3, 2018February 8, 2018 Keisha N. Blain Alain Locke, black intellectual history, Harlem Renaissance, Philadelphia

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

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A Riot in the Social Order: On Race, Religion, and Power

February 2, 2018February 5, 2018 J. T. Roane religion

*A version of this essay originally appeared on The Immanent Frame, a forum of the Social Science Research Council, as part

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Black Charleston and the Battle over Confederate Statues

January 29, 2018February 2, 2018 Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders Charleston, racism, slavery, South Carolina, white supremacy

On January 9, 2018, the Charleston City Council deferred voting on a proposed new plaque for the John C. Calhoun

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Remembering the Black Radical Press

January 25, 2018January 30, 2018 Christopher Tinson Black Arts Movement, Black Panther Party, black politics, Black Power, black press, Black radicalism, Third World Women’s Alliance

Print culture, including journals, magazines, newsletters, pamphlets, posters, and books, was instrumental in advancing the politics, aesthetics, and criticism of

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The Historical Erasure of Violence Against Black Women

January 24, 2018January 30, 2018 Denise Lynn black feminism, black protest, Black women, Communism, NAACP, racism, sexual violence, South, white supremacy

The #MeToo movement and the recent attention to Recy Taylor’s 1944 rape has drawn much needed attention to the consistent

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