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The Radical Democracy of the Movement for Black Lives

September 18, 2016September 13, 2016 Peniel Joseph #BlackLivesMatter, #ScholarsRespond, black lives matter, Black Lives Matter Forum, M4BL

“Black Lives Matter has cast a strobe-light on contemporary myths of racial progress, arguing correctly that the criminal justice system

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Black Lives Matter: A Legacy of Black Power Protest

September 15, 2016September 13, 2016 Hasan Kwame Jeffries #BlackLivesMatter, #ScholarsRespond, Black Lives Matter Forum, Black Panther Party, M4BL, Policy Demands

 “The demands made by The Movement for Black Lives makes clear that what has been occurring of late is, without

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ATLiens Turns 20: OutKast’s Past-Future Visions of the Hip Hop South

September 7, 2016September 6, 2016 Regina N. Bradley

At the 1995 Source awards, the Atlanta hip hop duo OutKast was met with a crowd of booing New Yorkers

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From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: An Interview with Elizabeth Hinton

July 30, 2016July 30, 2016 Garrett Felber mass incarceration, policing, poverty

This month, I interviewed Professor Elizabeth Kai Hinton on her new book, The War on Poverty to the War on

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#TheHistorySoundtable II: 70 Recent History Books by Black Women

July 23, 2016July 23, 2016 Guest Poster black women scholars

Co-authored by Sowande’ Mustakeem and Keisha N. Blain In recognition of the dynamic work being done by black women scholars,

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