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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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Can Reparations Save American Politics?

June 29, 2017July 1, 2017 Guy Emerson Mount Activism, University of Chicago

Nowhere does ‘the perfect become the enemy of the good’ so incessantly than in contemporary debates over reparations. Perhaps this

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Revolution and Repression: A Framework for African American History

June 6, 2017June 10, 2017 Brandon Byrd #Horne, Haiti

This post is part of our online roundtable on Gerald Horne’s Black Radical History What are the defining themes of

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The Life and Music of Florence Price: An Interview with Rae Linda Brown

May 15, 2017May 17, 2017 Ashleigh Gordon Black women, music, racism

In today’s post, Ashleigh Gordon, a world-renowned, award-winning violist and New England Conservatory alumna (Castle of Our Skins, Callithumpian Consort,

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