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The Anti-Black City: A New Book on Black Urban Life in Brazil

February 12, 2018February 16, 2018 Keisha N. Blain Afro-Brazilians, Brazil, carceral state, police brutality, police violence, policing

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

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The Complicated History of Race and Mardi Gras

February 9, 2018February 13, 2018 Trimiko Melancon Louisiana, New Orleans, race

Another carnival season is underway. In New Orleans it can be a time of eager anticipation during the historic, festive

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Chokwe Lumumba and Black Nationalist Convergence

February 6, 2018February 9, 2018 Dan Berger Activism, black nationalism, black politics, Black Power, black protest, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Politics

Eight months into his tenure as mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, Chokwe Lumumba passed away on February 25, 2014. The sixty-six-year-old mayor

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#AAIHS2018 Conference Preview: Black Thought Matters

February 5, 2018February 13, 2018 Ashley Farmer #AAIHS2018

Continuing its ongoing goal of fostering conversations about Black thought and thinkers, the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) will

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End the Isolation of Jamil Al-Amin (H. Rap Brown): An Open Letter

February 4, 2018February 8, 2018 AAIHS Editors Black Panther Party, Black Panthers, carceral state, Political Prisoners, prisons

The following post is an open letter by Arun Kundnani to the Bureau of Prisons and State of Georgia asking

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