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Power to the People: An Interview with Paul Ortiz and Johanna Fernandez

July 2, 2020June 28, 2020 AAIHS Editors African Diaspora, black nationalism, Black Panther Party, Puerto Rican history, Resistance

Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated

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Denying the Franchise as Incitement to Genocide

June 24, 2020June 21, 2020 Denise Lynn civil rights, race, racism

In 1951, William Patterson and the Civil Rights Congress presented a 238-page document to the United Nations accusing the United

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Civic Memory in a Radical Bristol: Edward Colston and Black Lives Matter 

June 17, 2020June 16, 2020 Adam Woodhouse black lives matter, black protest

On Sunday June 7,  2020, a Black man climbed up onto a plinth in the center of the British city of

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Black Lives Matter on Campus– Universities Must Rethink Reliance on Campus Policing and Prison Labor

June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 Robert T. Chase & Yalile Suriel policing, prisons, Resistance, student activism

In the wake of the devastating murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, people have taken to

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Black Lives Matter and the Price of the Ticket

June 11, 2020June 11, 2020 Duchess Harris

This week we’re revisiting selections from our 2016 series ‘With Love and Respect: #ScholarsRespond to A Vision for Black Lives,’

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