“The Power and Importance of Ideas:” Grace Lee Boggs’s Revolutionary Vision
In the opening lines of her autobiography, Living for Change, Grace Lee Boggs remarked: “Had I not been born female
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Visible Fugitives
Often times when students hear me lecture about the famed Brazilian quilombo (runaway settlement) of Palmares, they want to know
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As a historian of slavery and colonial America, I have to admit I was a bit taken aback when asked
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This is a guest post by Athan Biss, a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at the University of
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The passing of the great civil-rights leader Julian Bond earlier this week ignited a firestorm of activity on Twitter.
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