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The Pragmatism of Black Nationalist Women’s Global Politics

September 24, 2018October 1, 2018 Robert Trent Vinson Amy Ashwood Garvey, Amy Jacques Garvey, black nationalism, black women's internationalism, Garveyism, Set the World on Fire

*This post is part of our online roundtable on Keisha N. Blain’s Set the World on Fire Keisha N. Blain’s fabulous new book Set

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Black Nationalist Women’s Global Visions of Freedom

September 24, 2018October 1, 2018 Carole Boyce Davies Amy Ashwood Garvey, black nationalism, black women's internationalism, Claudia Jones, Set the World on Fire

*This post is part of our online roundtable on Keisha N. Blain’s Set the World on Fire A welcome addition to the library of

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On Race and Sports: An Interview with Howard Bryant

September 21, 2018September 25, 2018 Jermaine Scott Activism, black protest, police brutality, police violence

In today’s post, Jermaine Scott, a PhD candidate in the Department of African American Studies at Northwestern University, interviews Howard

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‘Stoolpigeons’ and the Treacherous Terrain of Freedom Fighting

September 13, 2018September 16, 2018 Charisse Burden-Stelly Activism, Black radicalism

On May 15, 2018, Newsweek published a story entitled, “CIA Reveals Name of Former Spy in JFK Files—And He’s Still

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The NFL and a History of Black Protest

September 12, 2018September 16, 2018 Louis Moore sports

In 1944, Black activist and sportswriter Halley Harding, argued that “most persons, corporations or business almost always forget the people or incidents

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