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An Alternative View of Du Bois’s Talented Tenth

February 19, 2018February 24, 2018 Stephanie Shaw #AAIHSRoundtable, #DuBoisForum, black intellectual history, black politics, Politics, W.E.B. Du Bois

*This post is part of our online forum on W.E.B. Du Bois @ 150. W. E. B. Du Bois published one of his

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The History of Race and Democracy in the Nation’s Capital

February 10, 2018February 13, 2018 Rebecca Brenner Graham black politics, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, race, Washington DC

2018 marks the fiftieth anniversary of a crucial moment for Washington, D.C. On April 4, 1968, following news of Dr.

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Chokwe Lumumba and Black Nationalist Convergence

February 6, 2018February 9, 2018 Dan Berger Activism, black nationalism, black politics, Black Power, black protest, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Politics

Eight months into his tenure as mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, Chokwe Lumumba passed away on February 25, 2014. The sixty-six-year-old mayor

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#AAIHS2018 Conference Preview: Black Thought Matters

February 5, 2018February 13, 2018 Ashley Farmer #AAIHS2018

Continuing its ongoing goal of fostering conversations about Black thought and thinkers, the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) will

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End the Isolation of Jamil Al-Amin (H. Rap Brown): An Open Letter

February 4, 2018February 8, 2018 AAIHS Editors Black Panther Party, Black Panthers, carceral state, Political Prisoners, prisons

The following post is an open letter by Arun Kundnani to the Bureau of Prisons and State of Georgia asking

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