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Malcolm X, MLK, and the Call for a Cultural Revolution

November 15, 2024November 14, 2024 M. Keith Claybrook, Jr. black politics, Black radicalism, Civil Rights Movement

Both Minister Malcolm X and Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. are oftentimes referred to as civil rights activists. Peniel E.

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My Journey to Becoming a Historian of Black Women’s Activism

March 19, 2024March 11, 2024 Kiana Knight #BlackHistory, #BooksArchivesMonuments, books

This post is part of our forum on “The Books, Archives, and Monuments That Shaped Me.“ My journey to becoming

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Why Black People Believe the End is Near

October 31, 2023October 24, 2023 Benjamin Baker black intellectual history, racism, religion

Recently Pew Research Center released the results of a study on “How Religion Intersects with Americans’ Views on the Environment.” In it,

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Chuck D Brought Me Here: Rap, Race, and Radical Politics

August 16, 2023August 16, 2023 Christopher Rounds #HipHop50, #HipHopSeries, hip hop

This post is part of our forum on “Hip Hop at 50.”  Before I completed elementary school, Public Enemy had

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Golden-Era Rap Music and the Black Intellectual Tradition

August 15, 2023August 14, 2023 Antoine S. Johnson #HipHop50, #HipHopSeries, hip hop

This post is part of our forum on “Hip Hop at 50.” Hip hop’s “golden era,” the period from 1987

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