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“Heed the Call!”: Black Women, Anti-imperialism, and Black Anti-War Activism

August 3, 2016August 2, 2016 Ashley Farmer imperialism

With the recent passing of Muhammad Ali, discussions about anti-Vietnam War activism has come to the fore. The heavyweight champion’s

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Victory For Black Lives Matter: 10 Ideas for a Lasting Revolution

July 29, 2016July 29, 2016 Guy Emerson Mount #BlackLivesMatter, black politics, black protest, Black radicalism, police brutality

Often, the darkest hours reveal the greatest openings.  After being essentially ignored for over three years, the Black Lives Matter

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Black Intellectuals and White Audiences

July 27, 2016July 26, 2016 Guest Poster blackness, Kenneth Clark, Ta-Nehisi Coates

This guest post was originally published on Public Books and is reprinted here with permission. The author, Matthew Clair, is

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Austin Clarke and Canada’s Black Lives Matter Movement

July 26, 2016July 26, 2016 Paul Hébert black lives matter, Canada

Austin Clarke, the Barbadian-Canadian writer, died at age 81 on June 26. Clarke was one of Canada’s leading literary figures

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Paul Robeson, Black Dockworkers, and Labor-Left Pan-Africanism

July 25, 2016May 7, 2017 Guest Poster Pan-Africanism

This is a guest post by Peter Cole, a historian of the twentieth-century United States, South Africa and comparative history.

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