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Psychiatric clinic, c. 1930. Photo: PBS.

Reproductive Rights and Race Struggle in the Decolonizing Caribbean

April 1, 2017April 5, 2017 Nicole Bourbonnais Caribbean, civil rights, colonialism

On May 27, 1935, hundreds of Bermudians gathered in a protest chaired by barrister David Tucker, member of the League

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Slavery, New Orleans, and the Counting Blues

March 28, 2017March 31, 2017 Rashauna Johnson New Orleans, slave trade, slavery

In “Countin’ the Blues,” Gertrude “Ma” Rainey sings, “Layin’ in my bed with my face turned to the wall…Tryin’ to

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Get Out. Photo: Universal Pictures.

Social Death and Insurgent Discourses in Jordan Peele’s “Get Out”

March 27, 2017March 31, 2017 J. T. Roane Black film, film, Racial Violence, racism

*Editor’s Note: This essay contains spoilers* As Jordan Peele’s blockbuster hit Get Out progresses, Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya) discovers that

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Plenary talk on Abolitionism and Black Intellectual History. Photo: Brandon Byrd/Twitter.

#AAIHS2017: Reflecting on the Past’s Presence 2.0

March 27, 2017March 30, 2017 Phillip Luke Sinitiere #AAIHS2017, black intellectual history, conference, W.E.B. Du Bois

I recently attended the second annual AAIHS meeting at Vanderbilt University. I had the good fortune to attend the inaugural

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Opening the Racist Closets of History: Seven Well-Meaning Americans

March 21, 2017March 25, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi Assimilationism, racism

It seems as if everyone—except his racist supporters—are recognizing the obvious: Donald Trump is a racist. But racism extends far

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