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Racial Violence on the Anniversary of the Charleston Massacre

June 17, 2017June 19, 2017 Keisha N. Blain #CharlestonSyllabus, Charleston, Racial Violence, violence

On June 17, 2015, a white supremacist walked into a predominantly black church in Charleston, South Carolina. That evening, a

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Nyansapo: Black Feminism and the French Republic

June 16, 2017June 19, 2017 Annette Joseph-Gabriel black feminism, black politics, Black women, Caribbean, feminism, France

Recently, France saw an uproar over a festival planned by the black feminist collective Mwasi. The Socialist mayor of Paris,

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Remembering Gwen Patton, Activist and Theorist

June 14, 2017June 17, 2017 Ashley Farmer Activism, black intellectual history, black politics, Black Power, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement

“Ideas are powerful,” Dr. Gwendolyn Patton used to say when she talked to the younger generation about civil rights and political

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Fears of Black Political Activism in Cuba and Beyond, 1912–2017

June 12, 2017June 14, 2017 Devyn Spence Benson Activism, Afro-Cubans, black politics, Caribbean, Cuba, Latin America, Politics, Racial Violence, racism

Images of police officers violently targeting black protestors in Buenaventura, Colombia, restraining Black Lives Matter activists in Charlotte, NC, or

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Revolution and Counter-Revolution: Toward a New Interpretive Framework

June 10, 2017June 13, 2017 Gerald Horne #Horne, imperialism, Racial Capitalism

This post is part of our online roundtable on Gerald Horne’s Black Radical History Above all, I thank the editors

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