Why We Need James and Grace Lee Boggs Now
In 2011, I sat in the living room of Grace Lee Boggs at 3061 Field Street, a space Bill Strickland affectionately
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Demystifying the 13th Amendment and Its Impact on Mass Incarceration
We’re learning a lot these days about the historical roots of mass incarceration. Michelle Alexander’s wildly successful book, The New
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Braveheart for Black People: A Review of Birth of a Nation
I was invited to see Nate Parker’s dramatic retelling of Nat Turner’s 1831 rebellion right before it opened to the
Read moreCapitalism and Slavery: Reflections on the Williams Thesis
The thing we call slavery and the thing we call capitalism both continue to provoke scholars with their
Read moreLove and the Civil War
Last Sunday, I stood on a Pennsylvania Avenue sidewalk, about midway between the U.S. Capitol and the White House,
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