This Vast Southern Empire: A New Book on Slaveholders and U.S. Foreign Policy
This post is part of a new and recurring blog series I am editing, which announces the release of selected new
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The Difficulty of Uncovering Obscure Lives and Hidden Histories
Today is the fifth day of our roundtable on LaShawn Harris’s new book, Sex Workers, Psychics, and Numbers Runners: Black
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“Racial Strife That’s Making Milwaukee Infamous”–Then and Now
Many Americans have read or seen the fiery aftermath following the recent police killing of Sylville Smith, but few are
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Why #BankBlack is Betraying the Black Freedom Struggle
Recently the #BankBlack hashtag has invaded social media outlets. Advocates believe that by transferring money and banking relationships to financial
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Welfare Reform Syllabus
This syllabus was originally published on the website of the Anna Julia Cooper Center and is reprinted here with permission.
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