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State Surveillance of the Black Freedom Movement in Memphis

October 12, 2018October 17, 2018 Anthony C. Siracusa #BlackLivesMatter, Activism, Black Power, black protest, Civil Rights Movement, police brutality, police violence, Unseen Light

*This post is part of our online forum on Aram Goudsouzian and Charles McKinney’s An Unseen Light On March 28, 1968, five thousand Memphians gathered

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Race and Music in Memphis

October 11, 2018October 17, 2018 Charles L. Hughes Jim Crow, music, race, Resistance, Unseen Light

*This post is part of our online forum on Aram Goudsouzian and Charles McKinney’s An Unseen Light In 1992, Rufus Thomas was interviewed by

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Beauty, Black Power, and Black Student Activism in Memphis

October 10, 2018October 17, 2018 Shirletta Kinchen Activism, black protest, Black women, race, racism, Unseen Light

*This post is part of our online forum on Aram Goudsouzian and Charles McKinney’s An Unseen Light “Everybody come in that’s going to jail with

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Lynching and the Rise of Black Activism in Memphis

October 9, 2018October 17, 2018 Darius J. Young lynching, race, Racial Violence, racism, Unseen Light

*This post is part of our online forum on Aram Goudsouzian and Charles McKinney’s An Unseen Light “All the savor had gone out of life.

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‘The Bone and Sinew of the Land’: An Interview with Historian Anna-Lisa Cox

October 9, 2018October 18, 2018 Adam McNeil landownership, slavery

In today’s post, blogger Adam McNeil interviews Anna-Lisa Cox about her new book, The Bone and Sinew of the Land: America’s

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