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The Black Pacific and the Shapes of Global Black Power

June 30, 2021June 27, 2021 Amanda Joyce Hall #QuitoSwan, Activism, black internationalism, Black Power, Pauulu's Diaspora

                        *This post is part of our roundtable on

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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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Consumerism and Curation: Sarah Tate’s Resistance

June 25, 2021June 25, 2021 Katie Knowles Activism, black intellectual history, black protest, Black women, capitalism, Gender

On June 19, 1865, Sarah Tate was living about 160 miles west of Galveston, Texas, on the homestead of James

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The Problem of White-Washing Juneteenth

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 James Jones III Racial Violence, slavery, South, W.E.B. Du Bois, white supremacy

Juneteenth’s increasing popularity places long-time celebrants in an unenviable position where euphoria regarding Jubilee’s popularity is tempered by the threat

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Juneteenth and American Democracy

June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 Alexandra E. Stern American Civil War, black lives matter, democracy, emancipation, holidays, Juneteenth

                                       

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