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The Rise and Fall of an Afro-Brazilian Publisher

October 20, 2021October 19, 2021 Celso Thomas Castilho black intellectual history, Resistance, slavery

Francisco de Paula Brito (1808-61), an Afro-Brazilian man of letters, “a son and grandson of freedpersons,” catalyzed critical transformations in

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Charles W. Mills: In Memoriam

September 29, 2021September 28, 2021 Robert Greene II Activism, black politics, race, teaching

UNIA Parade, Organized in Harlem, 1920 (New York Public Library) It is difficult to imagine recent Black intellectual history without

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Fannie Lou Hamer’s Legacy: An Interview with Keisha N. Blain

September 27, 2021September 27, 2021 Nicole M. Gipson Activism, black feminism, black protest

This is an interview with Dr. Nicole Gipson, an elected Early Career Member of the Royal Historical Society of the

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Race and the Cost of Public Goods

September 24, 2021September 23, 2021 John D. Fairfield capitalism, racism, white supremacy

Children at Kosciusko Swimming Pool, Brooklyn, New York, 1970 (Wikimedia Commons)   In The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs

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Anti-Communism and A Raisin in the Sun

September 13, 2021September 12, 2021 Denise Lynn black intellectual history, black politics, Black radicalism

                           Lorraine Hansberry Speaking to an Audience, 1959 or

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