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To Shape a New World: A New Book on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 15, 2018January 20, 2018 Keisha N. Blain imperialism, Martin Luther King Jr., Philosophy, reparations, social justice

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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Black Student Power in Boston

January 9, 2018January 13, 2018 Tess Bundy #StudentActivismForum, black protest, Black Studies, Boston, education, student activism, youth

*This post is part of our online forum on Student Activism. The story of the “Boston busing crisis” of the 1970s dominates

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Black Studies, Activism, and Digital History: An Interview with Abdul Alkalimat

January 8, 2018January 10, 2018 Russell Rickford archives, Chicago, digital media

This month I interviewed the scholar-activist Abdul Alkalimat (born Gerald McWorter) about his new website and his life of scholarship

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Student Activism and the Mississippi Freedom Struggle

January 8, 2018January 13, 2018 Jon Hale #StudentActivismForum, civil rights, criminal justice system, law, racism, segregation, South, student activism

*This post is part of our online forum on Student Activism. High school student activism in Mississippi during the 1960s highlights the overlooked

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Cartoonist Jackie Ormes’ Commentary on Black Life

January 5, 2018January 8, 2018 Matthew Teutsch black politics, Black women, civil rights, lynching, Racial Violence, segregation

Writing in the Chicago Defender in 1948, Langston Hughes proclaimed, “If I were marooned on a desert island . . . I

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