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Black Britons and the Politics of Belonging: An Interview with Kennetta Hammond Perry

February 10, 2016February 10, 2016 Reena Goldthree Activism, Amy Ashwood Garvey, black politics, Caribbean, Claudia Jones, London

This month, I interviewed Kennetta Hammond Perry about her new book, London is the Place for Me: Black Britons, Citizenship

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Race, Reconstruction, and Reparations

February 9, 2016February 9, 2016 Guest Poster slavery

This is a guest post by Keri Leigh Merritt, a historian of the 19th c. American South. She received her

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Free Joan Little: Anti-rape Activism, Black Power, and the Black Freedom Movement

February 4, 2016February 3, 2016 Ashley Farmer Black Power, Black women

With the news of the Daniel Holtzclaw trial verdict, black women’s sexual assault should be front-page news. This should especially be the case

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Maine’s shame: A governor endorses lynching

February 3, 2016February 3, 2016 Patrick Rael lynching, Racial Violence

Maine’s Drunk Uncle is at it again. Horrible boss Paul LePage has once against uttered something beyond outrageous. It’s time

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#SandyStillSpeaks: “Living Black History” and Resources on Sandra Bland

January 28, 2016January 29, 2016 Phillip Luke Sinitiere #sayhername, Sandra Bland

Previous AAIHS posts about Sandra Bland include an account of local civil rights groundwork in Waller County following Bland’s death,

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