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History, Memory, and Gentrification

December 12, 2017December 18, 2017 Celeste Henery economic justice, gentrification, Historical Memory, race, racism, South

I spent my Sundays in November photographing in Clarksville—a neighborhood in Austin, Texas, which was founded by freedpeople after the

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Mainstreaming Black Power: A New Book on the Black Power Movement

December 11, 2017December 15, 2017 Julie Hawks Black Panther Party, Black Power

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

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The Man-Not: A New Book on the Dilemmas of Black Manhood

December 9, 2017December 14, 2017 Julie Hawks rape, sexual violence

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

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Slavery, the Plantation Myth, and Alternative Facts

December 6, 2017December 14, 2017 Tyler Parry slavery, South

Earlier this year, NBC journalist Chuck Todd pressed  the Counselor to the US President, Kellyanne Conway, to explain spurious claims made

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Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap

December 5, 2017December 21, 2017 Guy Emerson Mount capitalism, economic justice

When I first heard about the “#BankBlack movement” I knew I smelled a rat. So I wrote about it. After reading Mehrsa

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