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The Little Known History of Black Women Using Soda Fountains as Contested Spaces

May 8, 2017May 11, 2017 Ameer Hasan Loggins black protest, civil rights, Jim Crow, racism

The accurate accusation of tone-deafness has been circulating to frame the now-defunct Pepsi ad staring Kendall Jenner. For those who

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To Be (Politically) Black and British

May 3, 2017May 6, 2017 Nicole Jackson Activism, black politics, Black women, Blacks in Britain, Politics, television

At a recent preview screening for the first episode of Guerrilla, a joint SKY Atlantic/Showtime production, members of the audience

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Historical Amnesia and the Burden of the Euro-American Past in the Age of Trump

April 29, 2017May 2, 2017 Westenley Alcenat Donald Trump, racism, racist ideas, Trumpism

In the last 100 days since he began his presidency, President Trump’s administration has unleashed a powerful nativist movement anchored

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Rosa Parks and the Image of Respectability

April 26, 2017May 1, 2017 Katharina Fackler #AAIHSRoundtable, #politicsofrespectability, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, racism

This post is part of our online roundtable on Black Women and the Politics of Respectability. Since the day she

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Zoologist Roger Arliner Young and the Politics of Respectability

April 25, 2017May 1, 2017 Sara P. Díaz #AAIHSRoundtable, #politicsofrespectability, Black women

This post is part of our online roundtable on Black Women and the Politics of Respectability. More than fifty years

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