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On Frantz Fanon: An Interview with Lewis R. Gordon

February 11, 2016February 11, 2016 Guest Poster

In today’s guest post, Brooks Kirchgassner, ‎Political Director at the Central Indiana Labor Council in Indianapolis, interviews Professor Lewis R.

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Black Britons and the Politics of Belonging: An Interview with Kennetta Hammond Perry

February 10, 2016February 10, 2016 Reena Goldthree Activism, Amy Ashwood Garvey, black politics, Caribbean, Claudia Jones, London

This month, I interviewed Kennetta Hammond Perry about her new book, London is the Place for Me: Black Britons, Citizenship

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Bernie Sanders and Black Voters

February 5, 2016February 11, 2016 Guest Poster Bernie Sanders, black politics, Frederick Douglass, Politics

The following guest post was written by David Weinfeld. He teaches United States history at the University of Toronto. He previously

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Black Funeral Directors and the Black Lives Matter Movement

January 24, 2016January 24, 2016 Guest Poster #BlackLivesMatter, Baltimore, Mississippi

Today’s guest post comes from Edwin Jackson, a licensed funeral director and embalmer in Maryland and Oklahoma. Born and raised in

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Reclaiming MLK’s Unspeakable Nightmare: The Progression of Racism in America

January 22, 2016January 22, 2016 Ibram X. Kendi civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr., racism

When Americans remember Martin Luther King Jr., we first and foremost remember his “dream” that “my four little children will

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