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The Problem of Equality: Black Communists and the Women’s Charter

January 6, 2017January 11, 2017 Denise Lynn Black women, Communism

Black Communist Thyra Edwards was not privy to the language of equity, intersectionality, and identity politics used today to describe

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Prophets and Religious Radicals: An Interview with Albert Raboteau

January 2, 2017January 4, 2017 Chris Cameron Martin Luther King Jr.

This month I had the opportunity to interview Albert J. Raboteau about his new book, American Prophets: Seven Religious Radicals

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Cuba, Antiracism, and a New Revolution

January 2, 2017January 4, 2017 Devyn Spence Benson civil rights, Cuba, Fidel Castro

January 1, 2017 was the first time since 1959 that Cuba has celebrated a New Year and the anniversary of

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The American Colonization Society: 200 Years of the “Colonizing Trick”

December 22, 2016January 2, 2017 Nicholas Guyatt black nationalism

Two hundred years ago this week, dozens of the nation’s most powerful men met in the Davis Hotel in Washington

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5 Must Read Books of 2016 by Black Millennials

December 18, 2016January 2, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi

Nation Books recently asked me to compile a list of holiday book recommendations, or a list of some of my favorite

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