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The Deportation of Claudia Jones

October 5, 2018October 8, 2018 Denise Lynn black nationalism, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Blacks in Britain, Claudia Jones, criminal justice system

This is the final installment in a three-part series on Claudia Jones. Read the first and second installments. At the

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Richard Greener, First Black Graduate of Harvard College

October 4, 2018October 8, 2018 Michael David Cohen black intellectual history, Jim Crow, race

In 1911, Richard Greener was introduced to an audience as “‘the first colored graduate of Harvard,’ ‘ex-Consul to Russia,’ and ‘the

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Black Radicalism and the Trial of Claudia Jones

October 4, 2018October 8, 2018 Denise Lynn black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Black women, Claudia Jones, Communist Party, criminal justice system

This is the second installment in a three-part series on Claudia Jones. Read the first installment here. Claudia Jones believed that

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Claudia Jones and the FBI Harassment of Black Radicals

October 3, 2018October 8, 2018 Denise Lynn black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Claudia Jones

This is the first installment of a three-part series on Claudia Jones. In February 2018, New Yorker satirist Andy Borowitz

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‘Upending the Ivory Tower’: A New Book on the Black Student Movement

October 2, 2018October 3, 2018 Keisha N. Blain Black Power, Black Power Studies, education, education reform

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

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