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Policing Black Freedom

August 5, 2021August 5, 2021 Philip V. McHarris #contestedcitizenship, Activism, police violence, Resistance, slavery, W.E.B. Du Bois, white supremacy

*This post is part of our roundtable on “Contested Citizenship,” organized in collaboration with the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study

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Bob Moses and the Fighting Spirit of Black Intellectual History

July 28, 2021July 27, 2021 Robert Greene II black intellectual history, Civil Rights Movement

The recent passing of Bob Moses offers a quiet moment to consider the varied lessons intellectual historians—and others—should take from

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Protest, Property, and the Black Press

July 27, 2021July 26, 2021 E. James West black intellectual history, Racial Violence

The centennial of the Tulsa Massacre earlier this year provided a moment to reflect on perhaps the worst single incidence

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Gloria Richardson and Black Women’s Intellectual History

July 19, 2021July 19, 2021 Robert Greene II Black women, Civil Rights Movement

Gloria Richardson passed away on July 15, 2021, at the age of 99. Tributes have already poured in for the

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Anti-Blackness and College Football

July 15, 2021July 15, 2021 Tracie Canada black protest, Gender, NCAA, South, Sport

Wide receiver Jaylen Waddle was selected #6 by the Miami Dolphins in the 2021 NFL Draft. During his post-selection press conference,

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