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“Most needed blessings”: The “all lives matter” debate in 1837

July 17, 2016July 13, 2016 Patrick Rael black lives matter, Henry Highland Garnet

Think the current controversy over “black lives matter” is new?  African American activists wrestled with the question almost 200 years

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Reflections of a Black Presidency

July 16, 2016July 15, 2016 Janell Hobson Barack Obama, black lives matter, police brutality

And although it seems heaven sent We ain’t ready, to see a black President, uhh It ain’t a secret don’t

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What to the Black Academic is the 4th of July?

July 15, 2016July 14, 2016 Greg Childs Frederick Douglass, police brutality, police violence

July 4 is not normally a day that we associate with black history. The “we” here refers both to the

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“One Continuous Graveyard”: Emancipation and the Birth of the Professional Police Force

July 11, 2016July 10, 2016 Guest Poster convict leasing, policing, South

This is a guest post by Keri Leigh Merritt, a historian of the 19th c. American South. She received her

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The “N-word”: Finding Clarity in a Redundant Debate

July 9, 2016July 9, 2016 Guest Poster

The following is a guest post co-authored by Tyler Parry and Clayton Finn. Parry is Assistant Professor of African American

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