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Contesting the Myth of (Revolutionary) Racial Harmony

November 8, 2017November 13, 2017 Yesenia Barragan #AntiracismInCuba, Afro-Cubans, Cuba, race

This post is part of our online roundtable on Devyn Spence Benson’s Antiracism in Cuba. Just three months after revolutionary

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The Afro-Asian Writers Association and Soviet Engagement with Africa

November 2, 2017November 6, 2017 Rossen Djagalov Afro-Asia, Black October, Russian Revolution, W.E.B. Du Bois

This post is part of our online forum, “Black October,” on the Russian Revolution and the African Diaspora In October 1958, over

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The Marxist Proposition, Claudia Jones, and Black Nationalism

November 1, 2017November 4, 2017 Denise Lynn black nationalism, Black October, Claudia Jones, Marxism, Russia

This post is part of our online forum, “Black October,” on the Russian Revolution and the African Diaspora Many in the American

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The Russian Revolution, Africa and the Diaspora

October 30, 2017November 2, 2017 Hakim Adi Black October, Communism, Russian Revolution

This post is part of our online forum, “Black October,” on the Russian Revolution and the African Diaspora From the time of

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Black Mobility, Law, and Freedom

October 27, 2017October 30, 2017 Jessica Parr Activism, freedom, law, slavery, travel

In 1849, an unnamed Missouri slave owner took a male slave to California to search for gold. Two years later,

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