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Finding My Brother’s Keeper

April 19, 2015April 20, 2015 Rhon Manigault-Bryant

I don’t often hear from my brother Maurice, but when I do, I realize within minutes of the conversation and

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Fighting for Freedom: Free Women of African Descent in New Orleans and Beyond

April 12, 2015April 12, 2015 Jessica Marie Johnson black protest, black rebellion, Civil War, freedom, reconstruction, slavery

Delivered at the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival on Saturday, March 28, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the panel

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Afro-Asian Lens on the Past

March 30, 2015March 15, 2016 Guest Poster Afro-Asia, Japan

***This is the third installment of a short series on Afro-Asia in which I examine the cultural and political exchanges

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Searching for Lucy Parsons: A Racial Riddle

March 22, 2015March 24, 2015 Lauren Kientz Anderson Chicago

This is a guest post by Emily England, a senior history and anthropology double major with a museum studies minor

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Why Do History?

February 25, 2015February 25, 2015 Christopher Bonner

More than once, I have tried to catch a fugitive slave. I think I’m okay with this. I came to

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