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How African Americans Entered Mainstream Radio

December 6, 2022December 4, 2022 Bala James Baptiste black intellectual history, racism

For nearly 50 years, commercial radio companies only employed white broadcasters to target information and entertainment to mainstream America. The

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Black Religion and Political Thought

December 1, 2022November 25, 2022 Joseph Winters black lives matter, Black political thought, Black Power, book review, religion

In the era of Black Lives Matter, Black political thought has acquired renewed interest and attention. As recurring incidents of

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Black Families and the Wilmington Massacre of 1898

November 17, 2022November 10, 2022 DJ Polite #BlackFamily, North Carolina, racism, white supremacy, Wilmington Massacre

This post is part of our forum on “The Significance of the Black Family in the US.” During the election

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Colluding to Cripple the National Negro Labor Council

November 9, 2022November 7, 2022 Tony Pecinovsky Black radicalism, Communism, CPUSA, labor, Red Scare

In late October 1951, one of the most important African American trade union initiatives in U.S. history was launched. “The

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Black Journalists and The Great Migration

November 8, 2022October 29, 2022 Tichaona Chinyelu black intellectual history, Jim Crow, literature, Resistance

Coined in 1897, the phrase “all the news that’s fit to print” is a motto of the newspaper industry designed

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