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Afrofuturism in the Classroom

October 3, 2023September 18, 2023 Rochelle Spencer Afrofuturism, book review, Octavia Butler, pedagogy, teaching

The groundbreaking Approaches to Teaching the Works of Octavia Butler (2019), edited by Tarshia Stanley, features a powerful essay by my colleague

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Black Women’s Activism through History and Poetry

October 2, 2023September 7, 2023 Cathleen D. Cahill Black women, Carrie Williams Clifford, Club women, freedom, poetry

“Somehow, we’ve weathered and witnessed a nation that isn’t broken, but simply unfinished.” -Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb  Those

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African Americans and the State Militia

September 22, 2023September 7, 2023 Gregory Mixon antebellum, citizenship, Civil War, military, Militia

What is the historical relationship between African Americans and the state militia? Today, some may believe the militia to be

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Mary McLeod Bethune, the Pan-Africanist: An Interview with Ashley Robertson Preston

September 21, 2023August 20, 2023 Karen Cook Bell African Diaspora, Black women

This is an interview with Black Perspectives blogger Karen Cook Bell, Professor of History and the Wilson H. Elkins Endowed Professor

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Re-thinking Black (Im)mobility

September 20, 2023August 30, 2023 Nathan Cardon Bicycling, Children, Civil Rights Movement, MEDIA, Motion, photography

On January 10, 2022, a group of young mostly Black and Latinx cyclists known as Everyones Rideout took over a portion of Interstate

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