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How African American Activists are Influencing Latinos

July 25, 2017July 29, 2017 Aaron Fountain #BlackLivesMatter, black lives matter, black politics, Latino/a, police brutality, police violence, Puerto Rico

Politicized by Black Lives Matter, Latinos across the country are calling for police reform and direct, organized actions by building

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Finding Toussaint L’Ouverture in Tennessee

July 20, 2017July 23, 2017 Brandon Byrd Black women, Haiti, slavery

In the summer of 1777, as musket balls flew about New York’s battlefields, José de Gálvez felt confident. The American

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The 1967 Rebellion and Visions of an Independent Black Detroit

July 17, 2017July 27, 2017 Austin McCoy black nationalism, Detroit

In all likelihood, the progressive slogan—“Another city is possible”—grew from the ashes of the 1967 Detroit Rebellion. While many will

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State Repression, Gender, and the Black Panthers

July 11, 2017July 15, 2017 Garrett Felber #AAIHSRoundtable, #RevolutionHasCome, Black Panther Party, Black Panthers

This post is part of our online roundtable on Robyn Spencer’s The Revolution Has Come In 1966, Huey Newton and

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Frederick Douglass, Real Estate Developer

June 19, 2017June 22, 2017 Joshua Clark Davis Baltimore, Frederick Douglass, landownership

Few people passing through Baltimore’s Fell’s Point neighborhood ever step onto the 500 block of South Dallas Street. The narrow

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