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Black Power’s Global Pulse

November 30, 2016November 30, 2016 Quito J. Swan Black Panther Party, black radical tradition

This year, the Black Panther Party (BPP), arguably the most influential Black Power organization, celebrated fifty years since its founding.

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Black Lives in a Colony in Crisis: An Interview with Nathan H. Dize

November 13, 2016November 12, 2016 Brandon Byrd digital media, Haiti, slavery, teaching

This month, I had the opportunity to interview Nathan H. Dize, one of the founding authors and the content curator,

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Revolving Doors of Fugitivity: Marronage and the Military

October 15, 2016October 14, 2016 Greg Childs black soldiers, Brazil, marronage

In October 1776, the governor of the Brazilian city Salvador da Bahia sent out letters encouraging municipal councils, landowners, captains

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Teaching Quilombismo: An Afro-Brazilian Political Philosophy

October 11, 2016October 11, 2016 Laura Premack Brazil

In 1980, Abdias do Nascimento, one of Brazil’s greatest black activists and intellectuals, published a seminal essay titled “Quilombismo: An Afro-Brazilian

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On Freedom and Radicalizing the Black Radical Tradition

June 18, 2016December 30, 2016 Guest Poster #FreedomAAIHS, marronage

Today, Neil Roberts concludes the roundtable on his book Freedom as Marronage. We began with an introduction by Jared Hardesty

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