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Performance Traditions and the “Mardi Gras Indians” in New Orleans

May 5, 2018May 13, 2018 Matthew Teutsch African Diaspora, New Orleans, religion, slave trade

Countless theories surround the history of the “Mardi Gras Indians,” Black organizations in New Orleans that don suits inspired by

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The Role of Water in African American History

May 4, 2018May 13, 2018 Tyler Parry slave trade

Flint, Michigan continues to confront a water crisis that, by all accounts, is a human tragedy. In 2014, the state of

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“Why Aren’t Black People More Optimistic?”

April 13, 2018April 24, 2018 Trimiko Melancon Black film, police brutality, white supremacy

In a 1968 interview, television personality Dick Cavett asked James Baldwin, renowned author-activist, what many white Americans at that time

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A Primary Moral Position: Black Feminism and Self-Possession

March 30, 2018April 2, 2018 Chris Lebron Activism, black feminism, black lives matter, black radical tradition, Gender

*A version of this essay originally appeared on Public Seminar, as part of its Race/isms Book Forum on The Making of Black Lives Matter:

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On War, Imperialism, and Racism

March 27, 2018April 2, 2018 Russell Rickford racism, student activism, white supremacy

*This is a transcript of a speech prepared by historian Russell Rickford for a protest against Former Vice President Dick

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