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The Legacy of Freedom Summer

August 21, 2020August 20, 2020 Kristal Clemons & Jon Hale teaching

This summer marks the 25th year of the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools program.  The program faces tremendous challenges by a

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The Black Freedom Struggle of the North

August 20, 2020August 17, 2020 Joshua Clark Davis segregation

Historians have produced a remarkable body of literature reappraising the civil rights movement in the last two decades. And still,

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The Role of Violence in the Abolitionist Movement

August 19, 2020August 19, 2020 Mike Jirik slavery, violence

On September 11 1851, George Ford, Nelson Ford, Noah Buley, and Joshua Hammond arrived at William and Eliza Parker’s home

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Agents of Change: Black Freethinkers Then and Now

August 17, 2020August 16, 2020 Lauren T. Rorie black intellectual history, religion

Religion, as part of the trifecta of “sex, politics, and religion” is the most under-examined aspect of contemporary Black feminist

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Racial Capitalism, Legacies of Slavery, and Social Movements

August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 Crystal Eddins Black Death Ideology

On Friday, June 5, 2020, the Fox News cable news network aired a graphic depicting stock market performance during periods

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