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Fire in Babylon and The Racial Politics of West Indian Cricket

May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 Paul Hébert black internationalism, C.L.R. James, Caribbean

“What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?” asked C.L.R. James in Beyond a Boundary, his 1962 study

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Remembering Slavery and Freedom

May 25, 2016May 25, 2016 Christopher Bonner emancipation

What would a memorial to slavery look like? What story would it tell? What function would we want it to

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Slavery and Emancipation in New England: A Bibliography

May 22, 2016May 21, 2016 Jared Hardesty colonial America, emancipation, Historiography, slavery

Over the past few months, I have been writing posts exploring pre-modern black intellectual history. They have largely focused on

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Martin Sostre and the Fight against Solitary Confinement

May 16, 2016January 1, 2017 Garrett Felber

In the summer of 2015, President Barack Obama finally broke the silence on the use of solitary confinement, calling for

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#Lemonade: A Black Feminist Resource List

May 12, 2016January 30, 2017 Janell Hobson black feminism, black intellectual history, black politics, culture, music

“Something is missing.” – Woman speaking in “Resurrection” segment of #Lemonade Today’s post was co-compiled and co-authored by Jessica Marie

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