Search Results for: black power

Black Women, West Indian Networks, and US immigration

January 10, 2022January 9, 2022 Menika Dirkson black intellectual history, Black women, literature

“I was numb, but it was from not knowing just what this new life would hold for me.” —Jamaica Kincaid, Lucy

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Black Remembrance and Racial Violence in New Orleans

December 21, 2021December 20, 2021 Sowande’ M. Mustakeem Jim Crow, Racial Violence

In 1831, Nat Turner—who led a band of bondpeople into insurrection in Southampton, Virginia –was executed, quelling what a great

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Gun Control and Black America

December 13, 2021December 12, 2021 Alani Golanski black lives matter, black protest, Racial Violence

Kyle Rittenhouse learned that, following the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, outraged citizens would be showing up

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Black Queer Lives: A Conversation with Moya Bailey and Laura Lovett

November 23, 2021November 22, 2021 Erik Wallenberg black feminism, Gender, sexuality

Conversations in BlackFreedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated by Jeanne

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FBI Harassment of Black Families

November 16, 2021November 15, 2021 Denise Lynn black intellectual history, Black radicalism, police violence

American anticommunism has always been an anti-democratic movement that seeks to silence radical voices. At its core, anti-communism has been

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