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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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Reclaiming MLK’s Unspeakable Nightmare: The Progression of Racism in America

January 22, 2016January 22, 2016 Ibram X. Kendi civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr., racism

When Americans remember Martin Luther King Jr., we first and foremost remember his “dream” that “my four little children will

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“Sold to Africa”: Remembering Patrice Lumumba

January 17, 2016January 17, 2017 Keisha N. Blain Pan-Africanism, Patrice Lumumba

[T]he enemies of Africa had understood. They had realized quite clearly that [Patrice] Lumumba was sold—sold to Africa, of course.

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