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How the 1969 Uprising Challenged Police Brutality in Las Vegas

October 14, 2024October 12, 2024 Tyler Parry Las Vegas, UrbanRebellions

This post is part of our forum on the Urban Rebellions of the 1960s On the evening of October 5,

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A Life of Revolutionary Struggle: An Interview with Dr. Vicki Alexander

October 2, 2024October 2, 2024 Tiana U. Wilson black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Radicalism

In today’s post, Tiana U. Wilson, assistant professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, interviews Dr. Vicki Alexander on

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Post-war Representations of British Caribbean Food Markets

September 26, 2024September 25, 2024 Parise Carmichael-Murphy Caribbean, food

The proverbial “you are what you eat” suggests that what someone consumes is indicative of their overall health and their

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A Black Woman’s Activism in Postwar (West) Germany

September 18, 2024September 18, 2024 Silke Hackenesch #BlackWomensActivismInTheDiaspora, Adoption, Black Family, WWII

This post is part of our forum on “Black Women’s Activism in the African Diaspora.”  In the aftermath of the

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Situating Nigerian Women in Global Black Politics Discourse

September 17, 2024September 17, 2024 Adaugo Pamela Nwakanma #BlackWomensActivismInTheDiaspora, African Diaspora, Gender, Nigeria

This post is part of our forum on “Black Women’s Activism in the African Diaspora.”  In 1929, before the wave

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