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The Consequences of USCT Soldiering

May 26, 2022May 25, 2022 Holly A. Pinheiro, Jr. Civil War, Pension System, reparations, United States Colored Infantry, United States Colored Troop, USCI, USCT

Solomon Wilson, a Thirty-First United States Colored Infantry (USCI) soldier, died in a regimental hospital on August 6, 1864. An

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Ideological Hegemony: A Precursor to Institutional Racism

May 25, 2022May 24, 2022 Bala James Baptiste Antonio Gramsci, ideology, Intellectualism, multiculturalism, Stuart Hall, white supremacy

Intellectuals advanced the concept of ideological hegemony, which is applicable to the establishment and change of relationships between Caucasians and

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A Mortal Man’s Heart: Kendrick Lamar and Black Masculinity

May 13, 2022May 12, 2022 Zion McThomas black boys, Gender, hip hop, Kendrick Lamer, masculinity

We haven’t heard from Kendrick Lamar (as far as solo projects) since the 2017 Pulitzer Prize winning album DAMN. Kendrick

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Robert Rayford, State Violence, and AIDS in Black America

May 11, 2022May 10, 2022 Dan Royles HIV-AIDS, policing, Robert Rayford, St. Louis, youth

In the forty-one years since doctors first recognized what would become known as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) among gay

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Recovering the History of Black Showgirls in Las Vegas

May 9, 2022May 8, 2022 Su Kim Chung Anna Bailey, Entertainers, Las Vegas, Moulin Rouge, Showgirls

Las Vegas has a long and glamorous entertainment history that evokes images of tuxedo clad crooners, female singers in elegant

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