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James Baldwin and the 1980s: A New Book on the Iconic Writer’s Last Decade

May 2, 2018May 5, 2018 Phillip Luke Sinitiere black intellectual history, Gender

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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May We Forever Stand: A New Book on the Black National Anthem

April 28, 2018April 30, 2018 J. T. Roane archives, black politics, culture, education, Jim Crow, music, Resistance, South

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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The Fearless Nature of Remaking Black Power

April 24, 2018April 28, 2018 Mary Phillips #RemakingBlackPower, black feminism, Black Power, Black radicalism, Communism, Pan-Africanism, Third World Women’s Alliance

*This post is part of our online roundtable on Ashley Farmer’s Remaking Black Power Ashley Farmer’s comprehensive text, Remaking Black Power: How

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Re-Writing Black Gendered Stories

April 17, 2018April 21, 2018 Celeste Henery black feminism, Black women, blackness, Gender

For some years, I’ve written social histories of Black men on death row. The objective is to provide a social

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Free the Beaches: A New Book on the Fight for Racial Equality in Connecticut

April 14, 2018April 24, 2018 Keisha N. Blain civil rights, economic justice, environment, landownership, racism, Resistance

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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