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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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Black Power, Education, and the History of the Peoples College

May 17, 2017May 20, 2017 Richard D. Benson II Activism, black intellectual history, Black Power, education

Over the past several years, scholars such as Ibram X. Kendi, Martha Biondi, Russell Rickford, and others have produced scholarship

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Online Roundtable: Gerald Horne’s Black Radical History

May 14, 2017June 5, 2017 AAIHS Editors #Horne

June 5–10, 2017 Black Perspectives is hosting an online roundtable on Gerald Horne’s wide-ranging scholarly contributions to African American history

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Another Look Into Dana Schutz’s “Open Casket”

May 10, 2017May 13, 2017 Robyn Autry art, museums

Recently, I visited the Whitney Museum’s Biennial at its new location in the Meatpacking District of Manhattan. I was there

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