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Social Justice Work in North Carolina: An Interview with Activist Nhawndie Smith

January 30, 2019June 20, 2019 Ajamu Amiri Dillahunt #BlackOrganizingToday, Activism, black feminism, black politics, black protest, black radical tradition, Resistance

This post is part of our Black Organizing Today Series. This series, edited by Ajamu Amiri Dillahunt, consists of interviews

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‘The Struggle is Eternal’: An Interview with Joseph R. Fitzgerald

January 14, 2019January 29, 2019 Ashley Farmer Activism, biography, Black Power, black protest, Black women, Civil Rights Movement, Jim Crow

In today’s post, Ashley Farmer, Assistant Professor in the Departments of History and African Diaspora Studies at the University of

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Readings on Transnational African American History

January 8, 2019January 29, 2019 Nico Slate and Clayton Vaughn-Roberson Activism, black internationalism, Politics

African American History has always transcended borders of many kinds, yet historians have not always recognized the transnational and global

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1968: Soul Music and the Year of Black Power

December 31, 2018January 29, 2019 Mark Anthony Neal Black Power, black protest, culture, music

James Brown’s iconic song “Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud” was released in August 1968, seemingly a

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Top 10 of 2018 – #1 – Prison Abolition Syllabus 2.0

December 28, 2018January 29, 2019 Guest Poster #TopTen

*Editor’s Note: As the year comes to a close, we’re featuring the ten most popular pieces we published on Black Perspectives. This

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