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Black Women and Economic Justice in St. Louis: An Interview with Keona Ervin

December 2, 2017December 6, 2017 Candace Borders Black women, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, economic justice, Jim Crow, Resistance

In today’s post, Candace Borders, a recent graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, interviews Keona K. Ervin on her

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A Discourse on Race and Inequality in the United States

November 30, 2017December 4, 2017 Kasturi "Rumu" DasGupta economic justice, prisons, Race and Economic History, segregation, slavery

This post is part of our online forum on Race, Property, and Economic History. The U.S. Census Bureau reported in early September (2017) that

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How Gentrification and Displacement Are Remaking Boston

November 28, 2017December 2, 2017 Zebulon Miletsky and Tomas Gonzalez Boston, gentrification, Race and Economic History, segregation

This post is part of our online forum on Race, Property, and Economic History. Ask anyone in Boston, “what’s going on in Roxbury?”

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Race, Property, and Economic History: An Introduction

November 27, 2017November 30, 2017 Walter Greason economic justice, Race and Economic History, Racial Capitalism

This post is the introduction to our online forum on Race, Property, and Economic History. What is erasure? How have Black residents been historically

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Interracial Intimacy and Film as Social Commentary

November 18, 2017November 22, 2017 Matthew Teutsch film, Interracial relationships, masculinity

Fifty years ago, the Supreme Court struck down anti-miscegenation laws in Loving v. Virginia. In 1969, the first interracial sex scene

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