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Masterless Men: A New Book on Poor Whites and Slavery

May 8, 2017May 13, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi capitalism, slavery, South

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

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Theorizing Race in the Americas: An Interview with Juliet Hooker

May 5, 2017May 8, 2017 Francisco Herrera Frederick Douglass, Latin America, racism, W.E.B. Du Bois

In today’s post, Francisco Herrera, an MA student in Latin American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, interviews

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“The House on Coco Road”: A New Film on Family, Race, and U.S. Intervention in Grenada

May 2, 2017May 8, 2017 Michael T. Barry Jr. #FilmFeatures, Black film, Caribbean, film, Grenada

This post is part of a new blog series that announces the release of new films in African American History

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The “Woman’s Rights” Man: A New Book on Women in Frederick Douglass’s World

May 1, 2017May 4, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi Frederick Douglass

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

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Zoologist Roger Arliner Young and the Politics of Respectability

April 25, 2017May 1, 2017 Sara P. Díaz #AAIHSRoundtable, #politicsofrespectability, Black women

This post is part of our online roundtable on Black Women and the Politics of Respectability. More than fifty years

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