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The Wall of Respect: A New Book on Public Art and Black Liberation

September 15, 2017September 16, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi art, Black Power, black protest, Chicago

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

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How African American Activists are Influencing Latinos

July 25, 2017July 29, 2017 Aaron Fountain #BlackLivesMatter, black lives matter, black politics, Latino/a, police brutality, police violence, Puerto Rico

Politicized by Black Lives Matter, Latinos across the country are calling for police reform and direct, organized actions by building

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The Criminalized Majority

July 21, 2017July 24, 2017 Guest Poster Activism, black politics, black radical tradition, mass incarceration, racism

by Dan Berger and David Stein “Everyone should go to jail, say, once every ten years,” opined novelist and poet

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Writing an Organizational History of the Black Panthers: An Author’s Response

July 15, 2017July 21, 2017 Robyn C. Spencer #AAIHSRoundtable, #RevolutionHasCome, archives, Black Panther Party, Black Power, research

This post is part of our online roundtable on Robyn Spencer’s The Revolution Has Come Although I received my formal

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A New Take On An Old Story: Robyn C. Spencer’s The Revolution Has Come

July 10, 2017July 14, 2017 Michael Ezra #AAIHSRoundtable, #RevolutionHasCome, Black Panther Party, Black Panthers

This post is part of our online roundtable on Robyn Spencer’s The Revolution Has Come The wealth of scholarly inquiry

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