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Trump Syllabus 2.0: A Supplementary Reading List

August 5, 2016August 2, 2016 Stephen G. Hall Donald Trump, Trumpism

This supplementary reading list is designed to augment the Trump Syllabus 2.0 by N.D.B. Connolly and Keisha N. Blain. In

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Dangerous Neighbors: A New Book on the Haitian Revolution’s Impact on Early America

August 1, 2016January 1, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi Haiti, Haitian Revolution

This post is part of a new and recurring blog series I am editing–announcing the publication of selected new books

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Global 2016 and the Radical Imagination

July 20, 2016July 17, 2016 Russell Rickford #BlackLivesMatter, police brutality, police violence

“We have a duty to fight for our freedom. We have a duty to win.” – Assata Shakur Watching the

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What to the Black Academic is the 4th of July?

July 15, 2016July 14, 2016 Greg Childs Frederick Douglass, police brutality, police violence

July 4 is not normally a day that we associate with black history. The “we” here refers both to the

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Sandra Bland (1987-2015): Art, Remembrance, Commemoration

July 13, 2016July 12, 2016 Phillip Luke Sinitiere #sayhername, digital media, Sandra Bland

Sandra Bland died one year ago today, July 13, 2015. As we remember Bland’s death, we also commemorate her life.

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