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Thinking with Black Marxism

November 9, 2016December 30, 2016 Jennifer L. Morgan #BlackMarxism, Black Marxism, black radical tradition, Cedric Robinson, Racial Capitalism

This is the third day of our roundtable on Cedric Robinson’s book, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical

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Reflections on Race, Diaspora, and Nation

October 29, 2016October 28, 2016 Tshombe Miles Afro-Brazilians, blackness, Brazil

“People of African descent, wherever they reside, should always be mindful that national struggles can never be disentangled from diasporic

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Revolving Doors of Fugitivity: Marronage and the Military

October 15, 2016October 14, 2016 Greg Childs black soldiers, Brazil, marronage

In October 1776, the governor of the Brazilian city Salvador da Bahia sent out letters encouraging municipal councils, landowners, captains

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Is the Myth of Racial Harmony Killing Our Country?

October 3, 2016October 4, 2016 Devyn Spence Benson black internationalism, black protest, police brutality

My eyes draw open, fixing on the silhouette of the spinning blades of the ceiling fan above my bed. After

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This Vast Southern Empire: A New Book on Slaveholders and U.S. Foreign Policy

September 12, 2016January 1, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi Deep South, empire, slavery

This post is part of a new and recurring blog series I am editing, which announces the release of selected new

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