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Charter Schools and the Black Independent School Movement

October 23, 2017October 25, 2017 Raven Moses Activism, black nationalism, teaching

In October 2016, the NAACP issued a formal statement advocating a national cessation of charter school expansion pending increased oversight

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The Subversive Praxis of Black Beauty and Wealth

October 20, 2017October 24, 2017 Janell Hobson black feminism, Black women, Caribbean, Gender

Having rocked the cosmetics industry last month with her new line of products, Fenty Beauty, pop star Rihanna (née Robyn

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The Black Press and the Ku Klux Klan

October 18, 2017October 21, 2017 Felix Harcourt black intellectual history, Racial Violence

“Crouching, cringing, shrinking from both physical and intellectual light,” Chandler Owen wrote, “the Klan is a true anthropoid germ which

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The Future Is Black and Female: Afrofuturism and Comic Books

October 14, 2017October 17, 2017 Grace D. Gipson black feminism, Black Queers, Gender, sexuality

For comic book and superhero fans worldwide, the release of Captain America: Civil War on May 6, 2016 became permanently

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Black Death and the Possibilities for Diasporic Solidarity

October 10, 2017October 16, 2017 Nicole Jackson Activism, African Diaspora, Black Europe, black internationalism, police violence

In the aftermath of Mike Brown’s 2014 death, comparatively small Black populations in London, Berlin and Amsterdam spearheaded solidarity marches

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