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Fannie Lou Hamer’s Legacy: An Interview with Keisha N. Blain

September 27, 2021September 27, 2021 Nicole M. Gipson Activism, black feminism, black protest

This is an interview with Dr. Nicole Gipson, an elected Early Career Member of the Royal Historical Society of the

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Race and the Cost of Public Goods

September 24, 2021September 23, 2021 John D. Fairfield capitalism, racism, white supremacy

Children at Kosciusko Swimming Pool, Brooklyn, New York, 1970 (Wikimedia Commons)   In The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs

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Martin Luther King, Jr. and 1619

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 Robert Greene II black protest, civil rights, race

Martin Luther King, Jr. being Interviewed, with Coretta Scott King next to him, October 20, 1965 (Wikimedia Commons)   Throughout

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The Tears of Carl Lewis

September 20, 2021September 19, 2021 E. James West black protest, race

A few weeks ago marked the 30th anniversary of perhaps the greatest track and field duel of all time. On

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Anti-Communism and A Raisin in the Sun

September 13, 2021September 12, 2021 Denise Lynn black intellectual history, black politics, Black radicalism

                           Lorraine Hansberry Speaking to an Audience, 1959 or

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