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Race, Racism, and Southern Myths

October 4, 2017October 8, 2017 William Sturkey Jim Crow, Migration, police brutality, Post-Civil War, Racial Violence, racism, reconstruction, slavery, South, white supremacy

In 2010, two historians edited a collection of thirteen essays written by white historians about “The Myth of Southern Exceptionalism.”

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Charles Burnett and the Significance of Black Independent Cinema

October 2, 2017October 4, 2017 Justin Gomer Black film, film, poverty, television, white supremacy

When Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight won the best picture Oscar earlier this year, I shared my optimism on this blog about the

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Call for Submissions: New Blog Series on The Black Panther

October 1, 2017October 3, 2017 AAIHS Editors #comicsandrace

“The World of the Black Panther” Guest Editors: Julian Chambliss and Walter Greason On June 9, 2017, the face of the Marvel Cinematic

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Memory, Experience, and Imagination in Black Religion

September 28, 2017September 30, 2017 Chernoh Sesay Jr. #AAIHSRoundtable, #NewWorld, black internationalism, black nationalism, Garveyism, Great Migration, Immigration, Nation of Islam, religion

This post is part of our online roundtable on Judith Weisenfeld’s New World A-Coming Judith Weisenfeld’s New World A-Coming: Black Religion and Racial

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Race, Necropower, and Natural Disasters

September 23, 2017September 27, 2017 Dan Royles carceral state, environment, race

In the last month, Hurricanes Harvey and Irma devastated Texas and Florida, killing scores of people and leaving many more

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