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The Racial Fault Lines of American History in Trump’s America

February 10, 2017April 21, 2017 Westenley Alcenat capitalism, democracy, Donald Trump, racism

Three months ago, Americans voted in their presidential election. It was to be an event that would showcase the strength of

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David Walker and the Problem of American Consensus

February 7, 2017April 8, 2017 Chernoh Sesay Jr. black politics, black protest, Black radicalism, civil rights, emancipation, racism, slavery

There are many different ways to teach the historical development of African American political history. One way is in the

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Black Women and the Peoples Temple in Jonestown

January 31, 2017February 3, 2017 Sikivu Hutchinson religion

On November 18, 1978, over nine hundred members of the San Francisco-based Peoples Temple church (including over three hundred children)

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Donald Trump’s Old Deal for Black America

January 29, 2017February 1, 2017 Jessica Ann Levy capitalism, Donald Trump, Politics, presidents, racism

On January 20, 2017, the world watched—many in horror—as Donald Trump was officially sworn in as the forty-fifth president of

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Writing Atrocity, Rethinking Rebellion, and Documenting State Violence

January 25, 2017January 27, 2017 Robert T. Chase #BloodintheWater, carceral state, criminal justice system, mass incarceration

This is the fourth day of our roundtable on Heather Ann Thompson’s book, Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison

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