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Dangerous Neighbors: A New Book on the Haitian Revolution’s Impact on Early America

August 1, 2016January 1, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi Haiti, Haitian Revolution

This post is part of a new and recurring blog series I am editing–announcing the publication of selected new books

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From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: An Interview with Elizabeth Hinton

July 30, 2016July 30, 2016 Garrett Felber mass incarceration, policing, poverty

This month, I interviewed Professor Elizabeth Kai Hinton on her new book, The War on Poverty to the War on

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#CharlestonSyllabus: An Interview with Chad Williams, Kidada E. Williams, and Keisha N. Blain

July 28, 2016January 1, 2017 Guest Poster #CharlestonSyllabus, Charleston, South Carolina

This interview originally appeared on Process, the blog of the Organization of American Historians, The Journal of American History, and

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A ‘Club’ No Black Woman Wants to Join: Confronting the Aftermath of Black Death

July 19, 2016July 18, 2016 Rhon Manigault-Bryant #BlackLivesMatter, police brutality, police violence

I have found myself having to write, yet again, in the midst of racial, political, and social tumult. Recent events

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Head Start and Mississippi’s Black Freedom Struggle: An Interview with Crystal R. Sanders

July 18, 2016July 16, 2016 Keisha N. Blain Mississippi

This month, I interviewed Crystal R. Sanders about her new book, A Chance for Change: Head Start and Mississippi’s Black

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