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Nature and the Great Migration in Chicago

September 13, 2018September 18, 2018 Teona Williams Activism, Chicago, environment, Great Migration, Migration

Towering skyscrapers dotting the Lake Michigan coastline, “snowy winds,” “blistering suns,” and roaring streets described what Richard Wright aptly called

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‘The Criminalization of Black Children’: A New Book on Chicago’s Juvenile System

September 11, 2018September 16, 2018 Melissa N. Shaw blackness, Chicago, criminal justice system, Gender, Migration, race

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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Slavery, Family Separation, and the Ransom Case of John Weems

September 11, 2018September 16, 2018 Jessica Parr archives, race, slave trade, slavery

During the nineteenth century, several state laws prohibited, or restricted the ability of African Americans to testify against white people.

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Remembering James Cone: Kind and Fierce Iconoclast

September 6, 2018September 8, 2018 Lilian Calles Barger black politics, Black Power, freedom, James Cone Forum, liberation theology, Philosophy, religion

*This post is part of our online forum on the Life and Legacy of Dr. James H. Cone. The late theologian James Cone

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James H. Cone and the Mysteries of Black Social Life

September 4, 2018September 8, 2018 Todne Thomas James Cone Forum, religion

*This post is part of our online forum on the Life and Legacy of Dr. James H. Cone. I first encountered James Hal

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