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Charles Burnett and the Significance of Black Independent Cinema

October 2, 2017October 4, 2017 Justin Gomer Black film, film, poverty, television, white supremacy

When Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight won the best picture Oscar earlier this year, I shared my optimism on this blog about the

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Motorcyle on Hell Run: A New Book on Tanzania and Pan-Africanism

September 23, 2017September 27, 2017 Julie Hawks Black Power, Caribbean, Pan-Africanism, Tanzania

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

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Race, Necropower, and Natural Disasters

September 23, 2017September 27, 2017 Dan Royles carceral state, environment, race

In the last month, Hurricanes Harvey and Irma devastated Texas and Florida, killing scores of people and leaving many more

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Bringing Archives of Death and Life into the Classroom

September 21, 2017September 23, 2017 James Padilioni Jr black intellectual history, teaching

This fall I am teaching African American History Since 1863, starting with the event of Emancipation as a legal-juridical happening

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The Hip Hop Pedagogy and Innovative Prose of Rakim Allah

September 15, 2017September 18, 2017 Richard D. Benson II hip hop, music

It was the summer of 1986 in Chicago, and my eleven-year-old self was engaged in an intense debate with my

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