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Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History

May 18, 2018May 22, 2018 Sasha Turner Civil War, landownership, slavery

The Weeping Time: Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History opens up with a list of chattel—the names

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Black Lives, Policing, and Historical Memory

May 2, 2018May 5, 2018 Samantha Bryant black lives matter, police brutality, police violence, Resistance

On April 8, 2018, Danville police responded to a domestic disturbance between a man and a woman. The woman accused

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The Windrush Crisis and Britain’s Memory Problem

May 1, 2018May 5, 2018 Adam Thomas Blacks in Britain, Immigration, police brutality, slave trade

Black Britons have occupied a prominent place in national and global politics in recent weeks. The British government has been criticized

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The King of Atlanta: Martin Luther King Jr. and Public Memory

April 3, 2018April 7, 2018 Maurice J. Hobson Activism, Atlanta, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Historical Memory, Martin Luther King Jr., MLK and American Cities

*This post is part of our forum on Martin Luther King Jr.’s impact on American cities. On April 4th, the world

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History, Memory, and the Power of Black Radio

March 16, 2018March 19, 2018 Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders Chicago, slavery

Between 1948 and 1950, a radio series called Destination Freedom aired on WMAQ, a local Chicago NBC station. Richard Durham

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