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Framing a Transformative Vision for Black Lives

September 14, 2016September 13, 2016 Clarence Lang #BlackLivesMatter, #ScholarsRespond, Black Lives Matter Forum, M4BL, Policy Demands

“It has been precisely the audacity of this movement framing, and the resilience of the black radical imaginary, that has

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Militant Visions: A New Book on Black Soldiers, Internationalism, and American Cinema

September 11, 2016September 10, 2016 Ibram X. Kendi black soldiers

This post is part of a new and recurring blog series I am editing, which announces the publication of selected

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ATLiens Turns 20: OutKast’s Past-Future Visions of the Hip Hop South

September 7, 2016September 6, 2016 Regina N. Bradley

At the 1995 Source awards, the Atlanta hip hop duo OutKast was met with a crowd of booing New Yorkers

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What is Afro-Latin America?

September 4, 2016September 3, 2016 Devyn Spence Benson

From Mexico to Brazil and beyond, Africans and people of African descent have fought in wars of independence, forged mixed

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Reconsidering Jesse Jackson: The Caricature, The Person, The Politician-Part 3

September 3, 2016September 3, 2016 Guest Poster Jesse Jackson, New Democrats, Rainbow Coalition

This post, written by Tim Lacy, was originally published on the Society for U.S. Intellectual History’s blog and is reprinted here with permission.

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