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Black Women and American Freedom in Revolutionary America

July 13, 2021July 13, 2021 Karen Cook Bell black intellectual history, Black women, Resistance

What is the price of freedom? Is it worth the cost if failure means a return to slavery or death?

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Black Resistance, Historical Memory, and Monuments

July 6, 2021July 4, 2021 Adam Domby Activism, black protest

While commentators often point to 2015 (after the Mother Emmanuel shooting) or 2017 (after the Charlottesville terrorist attack) as the

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The Borders of Black Power

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 Adam Ewing #QuitoSwan, Black political thought, Black Power, environmental justice

*This post is part of our roundtable on Quito Swan’s ‘Pauulu’s Diaspora.’ Dr. Swan will be in conversation with Dr.

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Excavating Black Queer Thought: A Pride Bibliography (Part III)

June 14, 2021June 13, 2021 Emerald Rutledge African Diaspora, Black Queer Identity, Black Queers, blackness, Gender, LGBT, literature, poetry, race, sexuality

In honor of Pride Month 2021, I wanted to extend the list of texts from the bibliography offered last year,

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Black Women’s Contributions to Hip-Hop Beyond the Mic

May 14, 2021June 5, 2021 Shaun Armstead Gender, hip hop, masculinity, music

When Wu-Tang Clan’s Ol’ Dirty Bastard (ODB) adorned his 1995 debut album, Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version,

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