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African American Diplomacy and Disruptive Activism (Athan Biss)

October 4, 2015March 15, 2016 Guest Poster #BlackLivesMatter, black politics, Frederick Douglass

This is a guest post by Athan Biss, a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at the University of

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Between Diasporic Consciousness and Cultural Appropriation

October 3, 2015October 3, 2015 Janell Hobson

Last month, writer Zipporah Gene, of Nigerian descent, set off a firestorm when she accused African Americans of “culturally appropriating”

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On the New York Young Lords: An Interview with Darrel Wanzer-Serrano

September 30, 2015September 30, 2015 Keisha N. Blain Latino/a, New York, Politics, Puerto Rican history

This month, I interviewed Dr. Darrel Wanzer-Serrano, the author of an exciting new book entitled The New York Young Lords

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Spirits Rejoice!: Jazz and American Religion (Book Review)

September 28, 2015September 29, 2015 Guy Emerson Mount culture, music, religion

  Jason C. Bivins. Spirits Rejoice!: Jazz and American Religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. Pp.xvi, 369. $29.95 I first met Oluyemi

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Go for Broke: #WallerCountySyllabus

September 18, 2015September 18, 2015 Phillip Luke Sinitiere

As a result of events in Ferguson related to the death of Michael Brown, last summer Georgetown University history professor

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