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Challenging Jim Crow in New York City

May 1, 2019May 6, 2019 AAIHS Editors civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Jim Crow, New York

Conversations in BlackFreedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated by Jeanne

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African American Presidential Politics and the Black Radical Imagination

April 30, 2019May 6, 2019 E. James West Activism, black politics, Black Power, electoral politics, Politics, Trumpism, voting

In March 1969, at a grade school in Washington, D.C., an eclectic audience gathered to celebrate the inauguration of comedian

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Toward a Synchronic Reading of Frederick Douglass

April 24, 2019April 22, 2019 Robert Levine #DouglassForward, Activism, Frederick Douglass, Resistance, slavery

*This post is part of the online forum on The Futures of Frederick Douglass. The contributions in this forum each

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The Trauma of Racial Violence in Frederick Douglass’s America

April 24, 2019April 22, 2019 Kay Wright Lewis #DouglassForward, black lives matter, black protest, Black women, civil rights, Frederick Douglass, police brutality, police violence, Racial Violence, racism

*This post is part of the online forum on The Futures of Frederick Douglass. The contributions in this forum each

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Frederick Douglass’s Narrative of Childhood

April 23, 2019April 22, 2019 Brigitte Fielder #DouglassForward, black childhood, Resistance, slavery

*This post is part of the online forum on The Futures of Frederick Douglass. The contributions in this forum each

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