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Racial Uplift and the Big Screen: Modern Reflections on a Historical Concern

February 19, 2015February 20, 2015 Rhon Manigault-Bryant

“What do modern iterations of racial uplift look like in popular film?” I’ve been sitting with this question after a

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Rosa Parks, Radicalism, and Remembrance

February 17, 2015February 17, 2015 Ashley Farmer

Its Black History Month, which means that mainstream society pulls out the iconic images of African American freedom fighters including

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Dispatches from Shondalandia by a Slavery Historian (Vol. 2)

February 12, 2015February 12, 2015 Jessica Marie Johnson black feminism, feminism, law, reconstruction, slavery

“I am not yours.” – Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope, Scandal 2 X 3 “You might be Command, Dad, but

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Black History Month, A Reflection and Defense

February 2, 2015February 3, 2015 Noelle Trent

As Black History month was approaching, I began to ponder the meaning of this occasion in our modern world. My

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The Deep Roots of Afro-Asia

January 30, 2015February 11, 2016 Keisha N. Blain Afro-Asia

This post is the first of a short series on Afro-Asia—the cultural and political exchanges and historical connections between people

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