The 1967 Detroit Uprising and the Failure of the Criminal Justice System
Standing before judge Robert Columbo, a Detroiter made a standard defendant’s request to be released on his own recognizance. He
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Haitian Writer Baron de Vastey and Black Atlantic Humanism: An Interview with Marlene L. Daut
In today’s post, Julia Gaffield, Assistant Professor of History at Georgia State University, interviews Marlene L. Daut on her new book Baron
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Black Swimmers and Diasporic Understandings of Water
James “Jim” Clarke was a Guyanese-born celebrated swimmer and diasporic pioneer. I first learned of him through a photo at the International
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The Legacy and Representation of Blacks in Spain
*This post is part of our new blog series on Black Europe. This series, edited by Kira Thurman and Anne-Marie Angelo, explores what it
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Crispus Attucks, American Revolutionary Hero: An Interview with Mitch Kachun
In today’s post, historian Stephen G. Hall, Fellow at the National Humanities Center, interviews Mitch Kachun on his new book First Martyr of
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