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Broad Sympathies in a Narrow World: A New Book on the Legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois

March 26, 2018April 2, 2018 Phillip Luke Sinitiere art, black politics, Black women, literature, poetry, W.E.B. Du Bois

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

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Representing HBCUs: Spike Lee’s “School Daze” at 30

March 23, 2018March 26, 2018 Lavelle Porter Black cinema, Black film, blackness, education, Resistance, white supremacy

On the night of February 11, 2018, the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) hosted two sold out screenings for the

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The Absence of Political Economy in African Diaspora Studies

March 20, 2018March 26, 2018 Charisse Burden-Stelly African Diaspora, Black Studies, education, education reform, Pan-Africanism

The Black Studies movement, inaugurated in the late 1960s by student- and community-based demands for a “more relevant education,” represented

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Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Miami’s History

March 19, 2018March 22, 2018 Kevin C. Quin Black Queers, Caribbean, Gender, sexuality

Palm trees, ocean breezes, and avenues bursting with glowing neon signs are just a few of the things that comes

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On the Limits of Boycotts as a Political Tool

March 14, 2018March 19, 2018 Jessica Ann Levy civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, South Africa

Corporate boycotts made headlines for the second time since October in the wake of the recent high school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

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