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Civil Rights and Healthcare: Remembering Simkins v. Cone (1963)

February 4, 2017February 7, 2017 Ezelle Sanford III civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, law

Upon her release from L. Richardson Memorial Hospital’s maternity ward in Greensboro, North Carolina, my grandmother, Ann Wilson Scales, walked

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“Reflections Unheard”: A New Film on Black Women and Civil Rights

January 19, 2017March 14, 2017 Michael T. Barry Jr. #FilmFeatures, Black women, film series

This post is part of a new blog series that announces the release of new films in African American History

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Totalitarian Century: A New Book on Geopolitics in the Black Literary Imagination

January 8, 2017January 11, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi black intellectual history, black internationalism, black politics, W.E.B. Du Bois

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

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Slavery, the 13th Amendment, and Mass Incarceration: A Response to Patrick Rael

December 12, 2016December 13, 2016 Dennis R. Childs 13th Amendment, convict leasing

This post is a rebuttal to Patrick Rael’s “Demystifying the 13th Amendment and Its Impact on Mass Incarceration.” Dear Professor

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Demystifying the 13th Amendment and Its Impact on Mass Incarceration

December 9, 2016December 8, 2016 Patrick Rael 13th Amendment, emancipation, mass incarceration

We’re learning a lot these days about the historical roots of mass incarceration. Michelle Alexander’s wildly successful book, The New

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