Search Results for: civil rights movement

African Women and Social Movements in Africa

July 18, 2017July 21, 2017 Jaimee A. Swift Activism, Black women, Gender, Politics, Social Movements

While historical narratives have traditionally depicted the African continent and its people as inferior, scholars are actively challenging this pervasive rhetoric

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The Making of Black Lives Matter: A New Book on the Movement’s History

June 17, 2017June 20, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi #BlackLivesMatter, Activism, black intellectual history, black politics, police brutality, Politics

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

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A Civil Rights Protest Is Happening Right Now in Colombia

May 25, 2017May 30, 2017 Yesenia Barragan Colombia

As of May 10, thousands in the majority-Black department of Chocó in the northwestern corridor of the Colombian Pacific are

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Race and Civil Rights Dramas in Hollywood

March 24, 2017March 28, 2017 Justin Gomer civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, film

This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of Stanley Kramer’s Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, starring the iconic Sidney Poitier. During the

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Civil Rights Activist, Poet, Bookseller: An Interview with Charlie Cobb

February 27, 2017March 1, 2017 Joshua Clark Davis Activism, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement

This is an edited excerpt of an interview I conducted with Charlie Cobb in October 2015. Perhaps best known as

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