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The ‘Sinners’ Movie Syllabus

May 1, 2025May 3, 2025 Jemar Tisby & Keisha N. Blain Great Migration, Jim Crow, Mississippi

The ‘Sinners’ Movie Syllabus is a curated educational resource inspired by the 2025 film ‘Sinners,’ directed by Ryan Coogler. This

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Black Mayors and the Battle Over Urban Leadership

April 14, 2025April 12, 2025 Travis Wright

In 1967, Richard Hatcher of Gary, Indiana, and Carl Stokes of Cleveland made history as two of the first Black

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The Georgia of the North: An Author’s Response

January 28, 2025January 19, 2025 Hettie V. Williams #GeorgiaOfTheNorth, Black women, Civil Rights Movement

This post is part of our online roundtable on Hettie V. Williams’s The Georgia of the North. Jacqueline Dowd Hall’s critical

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The Grassroots Organizing of Black Women in the North before 1954

January 27, 2025January 19, 2025 Patricia Reid-Merritt #GeorgiaOfTheNorth, Black women, civil rights, Club women

This post is part of our online roundtable on Hettie V. Williams’s The Georgia of the North. Dr. Hettie V. Williams’s

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Black Women Activists North of the Mason Dixon Line

January 24, 2025January 19, 2025 Marvin Walker #GeorgiaOfTheNorth, Civil Rights Movement

This post is part of our online roundtable on Hettie V. Williams’s The Georgia of the North. Over the past fifty

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