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Blood in the Water: A New Book on the Attica Prison Uprising of 1971

August 23, 2016August 21, 2016 Ibram X. Kendi Activism, Black radicalism, police brutality, police violence

This post is part of a new and recurring blog series I am editing–announcing the publication of selected new books

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#SandraBland Soundtrack

August 19, 2016August 15, 2016 Phillip Luke Sinitiere Sandra Bland

My post last month used visual art as a way to mark the one-year anniversary of Sandra Bland’s death (see

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An Interview with Former Black Panther Lynn French

August 6, 2016August 6, 2016 Guest Poster Black Panther Party, Black Panthers, Chicago

This interview was originally published on Public Books and is reprinted here with permission. The interviewer, Salamishah Tillet is an

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Trump Syllabus 2.0: A Supplementary Reading List

August 5, 2016August 2, 2016 Stephen G. Hall Donald Trump, Trumpism

This supplementary reading list is designed to augment the Trump Syllabus 2.0 by N.D.B. Connolly and Keisha N. Blain. In

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“Heed the Call!”: Black Women, Anti-imperialism, and Black Anti-War Activism

August 3, 2016August 2, 2016 Ashley Farmer imperialism

With the recent passing of Muhammad Ali, discussions about anti-Vietnam War activism has come to the fore. The heavyweight champion’s

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