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Malcolm X in the Courtroom

February 25, 2017February 27, 2017 Garrett Felber #RememberingMalcolm, Malcolm X, Nation of Islam

This post is part of our online forum, “Remembering Malcolm,” edited by Garrett Felber. Malcolm X. (Source: AP Photo/Eddie Adams) In one

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The Racial Fault Lines of American History in Trump’s America

February 10, 2017April 21, 2017 Westenley Alcenat capitalism, democracy, Donald Trump, racism

Three months ago, Americans voted in their presidential election. It was to be an event that would showcase the strength of

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Black Women and the Peoples Temple in Jonestown

January 31, 2017February 3, 2017 Sikivu Hutchinson religion

On November 18, 1978, over nine hundred members of the San Francisco-based Peoples Temple church (including over three hundred children)

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Online Forum: “Remembering Malcolm”

January 28, 2017February 16, 2017 AAIHS Editors #RememberingMalcolm

February 19-25, 2017 Black Perspectives is hosting an online forum in recognition of the 52nd anniversary of Malcolm X’s assassination.

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Writing Atrocity, Rethinking Rebellion, and Documenting State Violence

January 25, 2017January 27, 2017 Robert T. Chase #BloodintheWater, carceral state, criminal justice system, mass incarceration

This is the fourth day of our roundtable on Heather Ann Thompson’s book, Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison

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