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Erna Brodber and Pan-Africanism in Post-Independence Jamaica

October 12, 2016October 12, 2016 Petal Samuel #WomenandPanAfricanismSeries, Jamaica, Pan-Africanism

*This is the fifth post in a new blog series on Women, Gender and Pan-Africanism edited by Keisha N. Blain.

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Herstories: Writing Black Panther Women’s History

October 8, 2016October 7, 2016 Guest Poster Black Panther Party, black women scholars

Authored by Angela D. LeBlanc-Ernest, Tracye A. Matthews, Mary Phillips, and Robyn C. Spencer Angela LeBlanc-Ernest, Tracye A. Matthews, Mary Phillips, and

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New African American History Museum Carries on a Radical Museum Tradition

October 7, 2016October 7, 2016 Andrea Burns

This article originally appeared on Process, the blog of the Organization of American Historians. It has been reproduced here with

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Why We Need the #CharlestonSyllabus Now

October 4, 2016March 26, 2017 Keisha N. Blain #CharlestonSyllabus, Charleston, police brutality, police violence, South Carolina

On Friday, Sept. 23rd, the University of Georgia Press hosted the Charleston Syllabus Symposium at the University of Georgia. The

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Is the Myth of Racial Harmony Killing Our Country?

October 3, 2016October 4, 2016 Devyn Spence Benson black internationalism, black protest, police brutality

My eyes draw open, fixing on the silhouette of the spinning blades of the ceiling fan above my bed. After

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