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Black Soldiers and the Civil War

April 8, 2021April 18, 2021 Aston Gonzalez Black women, race, Resistance, slavery

Shortly after the Emancipation Proclamation enabled African American men to enlist in the Union army in 1863, Alexander Thomas Augusta

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Excavating the History of Afro-Brazilian Women

April 5, 2021April 18, 2021 Celeste Henery African Diaspora, archives, Brazil, carceral state, Historical Memory, slavery

Only a few pages remain of what is cited as the first known text written by an Afro-Brazilian woman. Rosa

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The “Families’ Cause” in the Post-Civil War Era

March 24, 2021April 18, 2021 Holly A. Pinheiro, Jr. race, racism, white supremacy

“In spite of all that may be said of the new South and its willingness to set the issues of

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Black Fatherhood in the Long Nineteenth Century

March 23, 2021April 18, 2021 Aisha Djelid book review, Gender, masculinity, police violence, race, Racial Violence, racism, Resistance, slavery

The summer of 2020 was not only dominated by a global pandemic, but also saw a surge in support for

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Julian Bond’s ‘Time to Teach’: An Interview with Jeanne Theoharis

March 18, 2021April 18, 2021 Say Burgin Activism, Black Power, Civil Rights Movement, South, teaching

This is an interview with blogger Say Burgin and Jeanne Theoharis, Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College of City

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