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Bringing Archives of Death and Life into the Classroom

September 21, 2017September 23, 2017 James Padilioni Jr black intellectual history, teaching

This fall I am teaching African American History Since 1863, starting with the event of Emancipation as a legal-juridical happening

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The Wall of Respect: A New Book on Public Art and Black Liberation

September 15, 2017September 16, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi art, Black Power, black protest, Chicago

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

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The Jim Crow Paradox: A New Book on the Associated Negro Press

September 11, 2017September 14, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi black intellectual history, Jim Crow, journalism

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

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The 1967 Rebellion and Visions of an Independent Black Detroit

July 17, 2017July 27, 2017 Austin McCoy black nationalism, Detroit

In all likelihood, the progressive slogan—“Another city is possible”—grew from the ashes of the 1967 Detroit Rebellion. While many will

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Hubert Harrison: Black Griot of the Harlem Renaissance

July 8, 2017July 10, 2017 Brian Kwoba Garveyism, Harlem, Harlem Renaissance, Marcus Garvey, New York, Universal Negro Improvement Association

The historical restoration of Hubert Henry Harrison (1883–1927) calls for a rethinking of the Black radical tradition in the early

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