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The Long History of Black Women’s Exclusion in Historic Marches in Washington

January 4, 2017December 22, 2017 Ashley Farmer Black women, civil rights, Politics

On Saturday, January 21, 2017, the day after the presidential inauguration, thousands of women will descend on the nation’s capital

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The Defender: A New Book on Chicago’s Legendary Black Newspaper

January 3, 2017January 5, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi Chicago, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement

This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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Prophets and Religious Radicals: An Interview with Albert Raboteau

January 2, 2017January 4, 2017 Chris Cameron Martin Luther King Jr.

This month I had the opportunity to interview Albert J. Raboteau about his new book, American Prophets: Seven Religious Radicals

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Cuba, Antiracism, and a New Revolution

January 2, 2017January 4, 2017 Devyn Spence Benson civil rights, Cuba, Fidel Castro

January 1, 2017 was the first time since 1959 that Cuba has celebrated a New Year and the anniversary of

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The American Colonization Society: 200 Years of the “Colonizing Trick”

December 22, 2016January 2, 2017 Nicholas Guyatt black nationalism

Two hundred years ago this week, dozens of the nation’s most powerful men met in the Davis Hotel in Washington

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