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North of Dixie: A New Book on Civil Rights Photography Beyond the South

November 1, 2016January 1, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi

This post is part of a blog series I am editing, which announces the release of selected new works in African

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Luke Cage and the Evolution of the Superhero Narrative

October 30, 2016November 25, 2016 Sam Knowles #comicsandrace, diversity, Harlem, Luke Cage

This guest post is part of our new blog series on Comics, Race, and Society, edited by Julian Chambliss and

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Slavery, Migration, and Narratives of the Black Pacific

October 28, 2016November 29, 2016 Guy Emerson Mount Antigua, black internationalism

In 1803, on a small tropical island surrounded by beautiful oceans and relentless sugar plantations, a baby was born. The

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Making the American Syllabus: Hashtag Syllabi in Historical Perspective

October 24, 2016October 22, 2016 Lisa A. Monroe #CharlestonSyllabus

Hashtag syllabi such as #FergusonSyllabus and #CharlestonSyllabus assemble critical intellectual resources and promote collective study both within and outside of

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Haunting Harmonies: Filmic Sounds in 12 Years a Slave and The Birth of a Nation

October 21, 2016October 20, 2016 Rhon Manigault-Bryant Black film, music, The Birth of a Nation

The recent release of The Birth of a Nation (Fox Searchlight, 2016) has resulted in a surprising blaze of dissonant

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