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Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom

December 8, 2017December 11, 2017 Keisha N. Blain black feminism, black nationalism, Black women, Pan-Africanism

This is an excerpt from Keisha N. Blain’s Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle

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The FBI and the Mischaracterization of Bayard Rustin

December 7, 2017December 11, 2017 Nishani Frazier Activism, Historical Memory, Resistance

On November 22, Muckrock.com published a disturbing article claiming that Bayard Rustin “was working for the CIA.”  The essay created

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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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