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The Gift of Black Folk and the Emancipation of American History

June 19, 2017June 21, 2017 Westenley Alcenat black intellectual history, reconstruction, slavery, W.E.B. Du Bois

“Our song, our toil, our cheer, and warming have been given to this nation in blood-brotherhood. Are not these gifts

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Racial Violence on the Anniversary of the Charleston Massacre

June 17, 2017June 19, 2017 Keisha N. Blain #CharlestonSyllabus, Charleston, Racial Violence, violence

On June 17, 2015, a white supremacist walked into a predominantly black church in Charleston, South Carolina. That evening, a

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Measuring Racial Progress, Past and Present

June 1, 2017June 3, 2017 Greg Laski democracy, W.E.B. Du Bois

If the November 2008 election of Barack Obama to the presidency provided an occasion to measure the distance the United

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Commemorating Slavery in Nantes, France: Material and Virtual Traces

May 26, 2017May 30, 2017 Nathan Dize African Diaspora, France, slave trade

On a recent research trip to Nantes, on the Atlantic coast of France, I came across two particular sites where

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A Case for Reparations at the University of Chicago

May 22, 2017December 2, 2017 Guest Poster Chicago, slavery, University of Chicago

Julia Leakes yearned to be reunited with her family.  In 1853, her two sisters showed up for sale along with

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