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North of Dixie: A New Book on Civil Rights Photography Beyond the South

November 1, 2016January 1, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi

This post is part of a blog series I am editing, which announces the release of selected new works in African

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The NBA, Civil Rights, and Political Activism in Sports

October 26, 2016October 26, 2016 Derrick E. White Colin Kaepernick

We are only days from the opening tip of the 2016-2017 NBA season. Many fans are looking forward to watching

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Mass Incarceration and Its Mystification: A Review of The 13th

October 22, 2016July 12, 2017 Dan Berger carceral state

When prisoners in Alabama last spring proposed a national strike to protest “prison slavery,” they called out the infamous clause

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Why are Trump Supporters Trying to Spark another Civil War?

October 19, 2016October 18, 2016 Patrick Rael Civil War, Donald Trump, slavery

As outrageous new events on the campaign trail assault us every day, it is becoming easy to accept the absurdities

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You Can’t Eat Freedom: A New Book on Rural South Activism after the Civil Rights Movement

October 3, 2016January 1, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi

This post is part of a recurring blog series I am editing, which announces the release of selected new works in

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