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To Be Free: The Revolutionary Movement for Black Lives

September 15, 2016September 15, 2016 Trimiko Melancon #BlackLivesMatter, #ScholarsRespond, black lives matter, Black Lives Matter Forum, M4BL, Policy Demands

“What the demands do is not only expand the activist and political work of Black Lives Matter but also evidences

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Rebuilding the Robesonian Labor Movement

September 10, 2016September 10, 2016 Russell Rickford black lives matter, poverty

This post is an amended version of a speech delivered at the Tompkins County Workers Center’s Labor Day Picnic at

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Teaching Religion, Politics, and Civil Rights

March 7, 2016March 6, 2016 Chernoh Sesay Jr. Activism, black politics, black protest, civil rights, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., teaching

With undergraduates I recently explored the complexity of thought among several Civil Rights writers and activists. During our conversation, students

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Free Joan Little: Anti-rape Activism, Black Power, and the Black Freedom Movement

February 4, 2016February 3, 2016 Ashley Farmer Black Power, Black women

With the news of the Daniel Holtzclaw trial verdict, black women’s sexual assault should be front-page news. This should especially be the case

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Black Funeral Directors and the Black Lives Matter Movement

January 24, 2016January 24, 2016 Guest Poster #BlackLivesMatter, Baltimore, Mississippi

Today’s guest post comes from Edwin Jackson, a licensed funeral director and embalmer in Maryland and Oklahoma. Born and raised in

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