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On Louise Little, the Mother of Malcolm X: An Interview with Erik S. McDuffie

February 19, 2017February 21, 2017 Keisha N. Blain #RememberingMalcolm, #WomenandPanAfricanismSeries, Malcolm X, Pan-Africanism

In today’s post, Keisha N. Blain, Senior Editor of Black Perspectives, interviews Erik S. McDuffie about his recent article in the special

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James Pennington’s Fight for African Slave Trade Refugees

February 17, 2017February 19, 2017 Sharla M. Fett slave trade, slavery

In the hot summer of 1860, Americans confronted an urgent refugee crisis. Over 1,400 young and destitute Africans, seized by

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The Love Between Langston Hughes and Gwendolyn Brooks

February 13, 2017February 17, 2017 Betsy Schlabach Chicago

In 1986, African American poet Gwendolyn Brooks wrote of her life-long friend Langston Hughes: “‘WHAT was Langston Hughes? An overwhelmer.

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History As A Communal Act: The History of Black History Month

February 1, 2017January 30, 2018 Stephen G. Hall black intellectual history

African Americans have always imagined and constructed history as a communal act. At the inception of the African American historical

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Contesting State Violence in and Beyond the Archive

January 23, 2017February 18, 2017 Dan Berger #BloodintheWater, archives, carceral state, mass incarceration

This is the second day of our roundtable on Heather Ann Thompson’s book, Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison

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