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Raceless Nationalism in Revolutionary Cuba: Rethinking Racial Politics

November 6, 2017November 10, 2017 Aisha Finch #AntiracismInCuba, Cuba, Politics

This post is part of our online roundtable on Devyn Spence Benson’s Antiracism In Cuba. Devyn Spence Benson’s Antiracism in Cuba

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Revolutionary Optimism in Despicable Times

November 4, 2017November 8, 2017 Russell Rickford black lives matter, Black October, Marxism, Russian Revolution

This post is part of our online forum, “Black October,” on the Russian Revolution and the African Diaspora “Life is not an

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Like Praying: Puerto Rico on a Map

October 28, 2017October 31, 2017 Jessica Marie Johnson Caribbean, Donald Trump

“Although the plantation tradition has been relegated to the dustbin of history by some social theorists, it continues to survive

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Black Mobility, Law, and Freedom

October 27, 2017October 30, 2017 Jessica Parr Activism, freedom, law, slavery, travel

In 1849, an unnamed Missouri slave owner took a male slave to California to search for gold. Two years later,

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Land, Literature, and Preserving Black History in Louisiana

October 25, 2017October 27, 2017 Matthew Teutsch Historical Memory, Literary studies, literature, Louisiana

Driving along False River on Louisiana Highway 1, you will see summer homes, boat houses, and cabins nestled close to

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