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Rethinking Black History Month in Germany

February 20, 2019March 31, 2019 Tiffany Florvil Activism, African Diaspora, black internationalism, black politics, Pan-Africanism, race

In Britain, Canada, and the United States, Black History Month (BHM) events are widely well-known and are celebrated annually. But

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Silencing Black Women in the White Courtroom

February 6, 2019March 31, 2019 Denise Lynn criminal justice system, sexual violence

On August 3, 1952, Ruby McCollum walked into Dr. C. LeRoy Adams’s medical practice in Live Oak, Florida and shot

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The History and Failure of Prison in Washington

February 5, 2019March 31, 2019 Dan Berger prisons

The following essay is excerpted from my introduction to the second edition of Concrete Mama: Prison Profiles from Walla Walla,

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Attack Dogs and the History of Racial Violence

February 5, 2019March 31, 2019 Tyler Parry police brutality, police violence, Racial Violence

In 1970 French author Romain Gary published his novel White Dog, a semi-biographical work that imaginatively recreated the author’s experiences

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‘Force and Freedom’: A New Book About Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence

February 1, 2019March 31, 2019 J. T. Roane abolitionism

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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