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The Early Activism of Angela Davis

February 7, 2024February 7, 2024 Joshua L. Crutchfield Activism, Black women, carceral state, police brutality

On October 13, 1970, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested Angela Davis in New York facing indictments for kidnapping,

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Rosa Parks, Radicalism, and Remembrance

February 1, 2024January 27, 2024 Ashley Farmer Activism, black feminism, Black radicalism, civil rights, Rosa Parks

This article was originally published on February 17, 2015 It’s Black History Month, which means that mainstream society pulls out

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“Before Brown”: A CBFS Interview

January 19, 2024January 18, 2024 Lucien Baskin black queer studies, CBFS, interview, military, WWII

Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated

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Sabotage of the First Black New Orleans Journalist

January 16, 2024January 3, 2024 Bala Baptiste Civil Rights Movement, racism, Resistance

It was a hot, balmy day in the Crescent City of New Orleans in June of 1970 when Warren Brown

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Why the New Great Migration Matters

January 8, 2024January 1, 2024 Beatrice J. Adams African Diaspora, Civil Rights Movement, Great Migration, Migration

In the recent documentary “South to Black Power,” Charles Blow reaffirms his previous call for a “Second Great Migration.” His

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