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Malcolm X, MLK, and the Call for a Cultural Revolution

November 15, 2024November 14, 2024 M. Keith Claybrook, Jr. black politics, Black radicalism, Civil Rights Movement

Both Minister Malcolm X and Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. are oftentimes referred to as civil rights activists. Peniel E.

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Revisiting Salaria Kea’s Story

October 23, 2024October 21, 2024 Gina Benavidez black feminism, black internationalism, Transnational Feminism

During the interwar period, Salaria Kea became one of the most famous Black American antifascist women of the early 20th

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Reflections of the 60th Anniversary of Urban Uprisings in America

October 17, 2024October 18, 2024 Heather Ann Thompson UrbanRebellions

This post is part of our forum on the Urban Rebellions of the 1960s On this momentous 60th anniversary of

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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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