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An Exceptional Case? Problematizing Soviet Anti-Racism

September 10, 2018September 16, 2018 Maxim Matusevich anti, Black Europe, Black Europe Series, black internationalism, black politics, Black radicalism

*This post is part of our new blog series on Black Europe. This series, edited by Kira Thurman and Anne-Marie Angelo, explores what it means to

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On James H. Cone and Black Humanity

September 7, 2018September 10, 2018 Vernon Mitchell Jr. black intellectual history, James Cone Forum, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., religion, spirituality, white supremacy

*This post is part of our online forum on the Life and Legacy of Dr. James H. Cone. As an undergraduate student, I

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Remembering James Cone: Kind and Fierce Iconoclast

September 6, 2018September 8, 2018 Lilian Calles Barger black politics, Black Power, freedom, James Cone Forum, liberation theology, Philosophy, religion

*This post is part of our online forum on the Life and Legacy of Dr. James H. Cone. The late theologian James Cone

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On the Passing of Historian Sterling Stuckey, 1932-2018

August 31, 2018September 4, 2018 John Bracey, Jr. civil rights, slavery

I first met Sterling Stuckey in Chicago fifty-five years ago. In the Spring of 1963, Sterling and a group of high school teachers and

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Race, Religion and Radicalism: King and Du Bois

August 30, 2018September 2, 2018 Edward Carson

*Editor’s Note: This week we are publishing our recent online forum on W.E.B. Du Bois in recognition of the anniversary of his passing on

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